Info needed: Building a repro LRDG 1940 Chev.

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Tony

It maybe but would allow me to use a standard C15a rear axle...same 70 1/2 in. and we plan to extend the fenders.....

According to some preliminary measurements and referenced to CMP books the track of the MCP Chev truck is about 66 to 67 inches in the front and 2 to 3 inches narrower at the rear axle....... which I consider getting close......
I think I can live with that....

I have only seen the round tube axles on heavier trucks..... then there is the issue of spring perch and spring pads.....

...another possibility is that the round tube axle may have interchangeable parts such as the drum/hub assembly with the civilian models...... I know that the rear axle the whole brake wheel assembly can be removed and replaced with civilian dual wheel...drum an all fits..... a very popular conversion on trucks in CANADA post war.

Once I have my hot little hands on the parts I can see what fits or not...

....assuming the snow will eventually melt!!!!!!

PS.... there are no listing of a round tube axle in the GM Illustrated cataloge of MAJOR ASSEMBLIES.......dated august 1944.....?