Wanted: CMP canvas curtain bag

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Wayne,

Is your 6-seater utility a Ford or a Chev? Always liked the 6-seater: nice proportional truck with good features like the annex: would make a great MV for club outings.

I think the statement that 'the CMP cab had these hanging off hooks under the rear window' needs a little explanation. The statement is correct for Australian Chevs, but not Aust Fords with std cabs (ie my comment does not apply to FGT, etc). Aust Fords had the side curtains held against the rear cab wall by a small swivel piece, joined to a spacer, which was welded to the rear wall in the middle toward the top rail. The feet of the side curtains went into timber retaining block bolted to the floor.

There were also two sizes of curtain bag: the pre-1944 pattern, for trucks with std steel doors, which had curtains with wide 'feet' that were the width of the door sill, and bags for the 1944 pattern Australian cab that were narrower (shallower?) as the side curtains for the demontable flat canvas/steel doors did not have wide 'feet'. L and W were the same: D was less.

The pocket was for the Aust B vehicle log book, and the Aust Drivers handbook.

Mike C