1940 Chev C15, Cab 11 restoration in Holland

[jaap de wit]

thanks for your reactions cliff, bob and gilles it is good to hear.
you probebly right about we are to hard for ourselfs when we do this restoration work.
keith, I want to go with the chevy to arnhem this year, but i still have alot to do before i can register the truck and go on the road so up and i try. I will be working on it for 3 weeks on a row (no holyday) this summer so maybe it's finisht by then
but first i placed the wiring for the rearlights in so i can place the floorplate on the frame and a seat to go and make a proof drive before building the cab.
only one problem was the seats they were bolted straid on the floor and one was cut 4 inch short ???
so i have to correct this before driving the truck. ad dirk leegwater we found the parts that belong under the seats and made the missing 4 inches for the other seat. so time for a
cheers jaap

[Bob Carriere]

Thanks of the pcitures Japp.....

why did you have to cut the seat.....??

The structure under the seat for a cab 11 is different than the cab 11/12...

The cab 11 has a wooden spacer and they are bolted directly to the floor through the wood which is different from the cab 13 which is clipped onto the floor....

Can you explain or put up more photos of hwat you had to change...

Just trying to learn for my own cab 11....

Thanks

Boob

[jaap de wit]

hi bob
about the seat, the previus owner did cut the 4 inch peace off I don't know why ? but I had to replace it again so I made the peace and bent the two pipe peaces that go underneath the seat.
about the rails onder the seats I cut the rails loose from the angle iron so they can be bolted to the floor the right way. I have to leave the wood away otherwise the seats sit to high for me, but they do belong under the seatrails on the cab 11 / 12. i hope this helps bob.
cheers jaap

[jaap de wit]

before I can make the testdrive there have lots of thinks to be done like...
the floor plates. I made the woodplanks of hardwood and drilled the holes in.
these are nessesary otherwhy's the floor is to low and hits the gearbox.
now it is time to place the floor and they are heavy, before you bolt them on you need to suffle them a littlebit so they are in place and then bolt them on.
next I will putt a seat and batterybox in place, but this next time....
cheers jaap

[Bob Carriere]

Nice job..... did you cut/make a new floor or was that the original..?

I plan to do the same as you on the seats..... I may use a 5/8 piece of wood instead of the 2 inch spacer to give me more head room for the beer belly.

Carefull you install a temporary brace between the steering wheel frame and the radiator support.... other wise the top hose is the ONLY support for the radiator.....if you cross a ditch the frame will twist and the rad support may hit the fan...... ask me why I know....

Good luck on the test run and take more photos.

Boob

[Alex van de Wetering]

Excellent work again, Jaap. About a year ago I spoke to someone who restored a cab11 C15 for a friend and he said it was quite a challenge to get the cab and all the sheet metal lined up, because the owner took the truck apart and threw all the wood in the bin without taking pictures of measurements.

It would be excellent to see the truck at the Ginkel Heath in september....with or without rear body!

The shortened seat is strange indeed....you wonder if the former driver was very long....or maybe just very short

Alex

[jaap de wit]

I used the original floorplates bob, they are stil very good.
and alex I don't now way the seat was shortend I am nearly 2 mtr tall and I fit in it so ? I putt the seat in and the battery box so I can make the test drive when the weather is good some day. for now I can show you how I did the doors last winter. the doors were rusted all over and on the bottom there where some small holes. so after sandblasting the doors I cut out the bottom part and welded a new part in, I also cut the inside bottom bracked out and shortend it 2 inch at the bottom so when there is water in the door by any change it can drip out of the door and not pillup and rust the door away.
I painted the inside with textiel paint and the rest with iron primer and when this was dry the green was putt on.
cheers jaap