Cab 12 Alteration???

[Bob Carriere]

Thanks Paul

I picked up a complete 61 bell housing with the slave cylinder for $50 at Sterling flea market a few years back.

I do have access to a 2 speed power glide with the adaptor ring to fit a 261
( came out of a Pontiac ) but I fear the 2 speed will not be good with the low gear ratio of the CMP axle.

will fish the aftermarket for an "adapter kit" that would allow a 3 speed to hookup to the 235/261 bolt pattern...... although a bit of a long shot.

The engine bay on a cab 11/12 is so narrow that fitting a small V6 or V8 would be a butchering job....... however if I do get started on a "Umbau-wagon" I can / could be creative .........


Found out from Wikipedia that the word umbauwagon translate to "rebuilt coach" and could apply to anything captured that was rebuilt.

On the later 3 speed did they not have a 6 cylinder in the 250ci range that was used in 4 wheel drive...... what I am getting at is my suspicion that they had a variety of tail shafts..... the 4x4 would have been bolted directly to the T case with NO tail shaft some short wheel based GM may have used some form of short tail shaft..... just do not know what model/year to search for in a junk yard.

I have a bare frame/nose cab 12....no engine tranny.... that I could use to check the fit of a SB chev.... just a cheap seized boat anchor would suit fine for checking clearances. Makes me shiver to think about butchering a good cab11/12....

Bob C

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Found out from Wikipedia that the word umbauwagon translate to "rebuilt coach" and could apply to anything captured that was rebuilt.

There are indeed references to rebuilt railway passenger train coaches. But I am guessing you are referring to the German Army Umbau-Wagen, a generic term for converted (and/or reconstructed) vehicle. If you search on MLU for Umbau-Wagen, one will find a host of converted vehicles, including CMPs, Morris-Commercials, Ford Marmon-Herringtons. The German Army captured a lot of vehicles during the early stages of the war, which they were in dire need of to convert their Army from horse-drawn to motorised.

Being the gründlich (thorough) people they are, standardised coachwork designs were used as much as possible.

Also refer to Paul Hocking's classification found in the posting German WWII Beute-Fahrzeuge and Umbau-Wagen (Britisch).

HTH,
Hanno