Cab11 C8 Bush Find

[RichCam]

I got the C8 off of the trailer and into a bay at my shop. I've jacked it up and it is now securely off of the ground. I will put a couple of big hardwood blocks underneath, just in case.

Bob - I got looking at your pictures and I see that my cross member is opposite to yours? Did mine get taken out and welded back in - upside down? I don't have a reference because my C15A Cab12 is a different frame.

Yes - this Cab11 has a central dash light under the centre pillar. I will post pictures of the dash and cab - once I get all the crap cleaned out. As you can see, I'm applying lots of M16 to every bolt/nut/exposed thread that I can see.

I have the original licence plates - looks like the last time this C8 was on the road legally was 1958.

[Bob Carriere]

Richard

I think that would be impossible.... the cross member I am talking about is directly behind/underneath the bell housing...... bell housing bolt to that crossmember.

Are you mistaking it for the visible crossmember immediately behind the cab in your pictures????

These little C8 are really cute.

Unless my memory is wrong there was one in Ottawa at a Shell service station in the mid sixties at Hogs Back...... with a small block Chev V8 .....and for some obscure reason I beleive that it may have been Les Fisher's dad or himself.

So when are you picking up the other one?????

Cheers

[Bob Carriere]

HI Richard

I acquired a 1937 Chev one ton pickup frame a while back ....some interesting comparison can be made.....

The front picture shows which cross member I am talking about....

The second from the rear.... I have outline what I think is the same frame cross member from your picture.......... can you tell me how similar the rear spring hangers appear to your eye....? how about the front axle/frame set up.

The 37 Chev 1/2 ton pickup had a similar curved frame over the rear axle like a C8 but the one or 1 1/2 ton Chev had a flat rear frame.

I really need to take more close up of that frame from various angle for further comparison.

I always though it would be possible to mock up an early pilot CMP model using that frame.......

Cheers