Chevrolet 1533X2 30-cwt trucks

[Igor Shadrin]

Originally Posted by cletrac

I'm pretty sure the fenders are all the same basic stamping with different size wheel cutouts. The military fenders look wider because the front bumper is mounted several inches higher than the civvy ones. If you compare the fender width to the number of grille bars they're all the same.

David, thanks, I will keep with this point about the width (it is 72 9/6”, for the whole ’41 US built commercial range, acc. to the dealers book).
Although, if to compare the two pics, it is still not clear, even considering the different camera angles.
The side profiles show the significant difference in the aft end location, between LRDG pattern (fwd from the door cut), and the whole commercial range, which had all the same fenders, from pickup to heavy duty trucks.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Igor Shadrin

The side profiles show the significant difference in the aft end location, between LRDG pattern (fwd from the door cut), and the whole commercial range, which had all the same fenders, from pickup to heavy duty trucks.

the door on the closed cab was angled on the hinge side as was the cowl of the closed cab to suit the door. The other LRDG Chev Truck is a 'flat' faced cowl and the area where the door hinges would normally be is straight up and down so this is why the guard ends further forward. The dash was completely different between the Flat Face cowl and closed cab as well.

[Kuno]

@ Tony: I actually did not want to suggest that the widening was done by the troops - but I presumed that it was done in local (Egyptian) workshops for the early Chevrolet WA used by the LRDG. So; this was wrong as well - many thanks for that clarification.

[Igor Shadrin]

Originally Posted by cliff

the door on the closed cab was angled on the hinge side as was the cowl of the closed cab to suit the door. The other LRDG Chev Truck is a 'flat' faced cowl and the area where the door hinges would normally be is straight up and down so this is why the guard ends further forward. The dash was completely different between the Flat Face cowl and closed cab as well.

Just today, finally, I cleared the mystery, why fenders do look shorter
Yes, they are the same length, but... higher, or deeper. I outlined the most convenient picture, from the IWM, and mirrored it for more usual direction, and copied the outlined results on another pics. All the same!:

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Igor Shadrin

I outlined the most convenient picture, from the IWM, ...

While undoubtably the wheel openings are larger, I think the stampings used on the guards are also different. Compare the slope of the front of the guard under the headlight, and also the slope at the very rear of the guard: