Chevrolet CMP C15 cab 11 body 2A1

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi Bob. I am slowly getting back on track with the C8. I haven't been able to spend as much time on the project as I would have liked to, over the past few months. The time I did get to spend on the project was invested in doing things over again, due to a bad choice of primer and my own ignorance.
I will update my resto log soon (I was already cautioned by Stefan and Hanno of the Dutch CMP police )
Brian Gough did help me with a very important thing!

The proper trim for the original build was canvass.

Your post of yesterday triggered me (one of the lovely things of the forum!) to check the servicepub factory photos again. I tend to think both rubber and canvas were used.
Some of the cab12 photos show a smooth P-shaped seal between panels, One of the best pictures is a pic with the hood opened, which shows the seal on the inside, along the edge of the hood. This matches the size and shape of the rubber remains I found on my C8. The flat part of the "P" is fixed to the panel with the nails/screws and the round pipe acts as the edge along the panel.
On closer inspection I see the piping on cab 11's, as well as cab 12's, Fords and Chevs.........but not all! Sometimes you see the panels close nicely without any seals sticking out, which leads me to believe Canvas webbing was used on those trucks....others show the piping running along the panels close to the windscreen and the panels close to the radiator; it seems those trucks have the rubber fitted.

I have just checked the C8 parts manual and if I have managed to identify the proper part, than both webbing and rubber are mentioned under "8.034" "ANTI-SQUEAK, Hood to Radiator Shell & Cowl".

Alex