Chevrolet CMP C15 cab 11 body 2A1

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jacek

Two possibilities on the blackened wood spacer.......

You truck did see some action.... are there any discoloration of the metal it was touching..?

....or some years of slow decay of the wood may looked like it burned but only a slow process with the tannic acid of the wood.

On your truck, like mine.... a lot of the machined screws that hold the engine cover and rifle holders were actually threaded into the 3/16 ( 6mm) floor plates.

Working on these old trucks is a constant learning journey.

Cheers

[Gordon Yeo]

Here are two pictures of a #12 cab Chevrolet that has extra plates added to both sides of the floor. Every indication of wood spacers and paint remnants indicate that it is original. The added plates are on the outsides of the frame and to the rear of the under side of the cab floor plate. They are heavy and measure about 5/8 inch thickness. What could this possibly be for?

Gord

[Grant Bowker]

Bob and I have speculated that the added plates served to stiffen the floor plate against flex caused by the cab rear panel. I have no proof of this theory.

[Bob Carriere]

One of the few cab 12 modification that makes sense...... it does keep the rear corner of the cab from flexing...... and doors from sagging.

Early into the cab 11 it was advised to remove the doors when the roof was removed as the back wall had very little to hold it up by its own.

I retro fitted them on my cab 11 which Grant maintains is now a cab 11.5.... I used some of the cab 12 front sheet metal and fitted the extra cab 12 radiator cross bar..and will fit some Hammond reinforcements on the corners of the wooden frame work for the cab...... then Dynamatts inside the doors and Heatshield inside the engine cover..... and may use cab 12 mirror arms instead of rigid cab 11 arms...... Oh my rebuilt doors are reinforced cab 12 also..... with special sideways battery box a la cab 13.....

Mongrel it is......

Cheers

[Gordon Yeo]

Thanks for the response guys. The re-enforcing certainly does make perfect sense but, my gosh those are a huge piece of metal.

After working on the #11 cab and #12 cab trucks the nightmare of bad design and "what were they thinking" gives one an appreciation of the beauty and simplicity of the #13 cab design.

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

End of very busy day.

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

This seal looks like made from cork , can anyone confirm? Is it possible to buy it anywhere?

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Gordon Yeo

Here are two pictures of a #12 cab Chevrolet that has extra plates added to both sides of the floor. Every indication of wood spacers and paint remnants indicate that it is original. The added plates are on the outsides of the frame and to the rear of the under side of the cab floor plate. They are heavy and measure about 5/8 inch thickness. What could this possibly be for?

Gord

The cab 12 C8 I bought back in 1981 , had those same plates under the floor corners . Mike

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

So far every rim is from a different producer (two more to check). Any information about this Sankey company ?

[Grant Bowker]

Sankey manufactured trailers for the British army and possibly parts for use on other vehicles.
I would guess that your photo shows a rim made by Sankey in 1939 for a War Department contract but have no idea what trailer (or other vehicle) the rim was originally made to fit.