CAB 13 Pattern

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Chevrolet # 13 CAB PRODUCTION BEGAN AT SERIAL # 284XX01524?, we believe, and then # 2844513801 OCTOBER 1942> # 13 CAB FRONT WINDSCREENS OPENED 90 DEGREES FROM ORIGINAL 30 so you can see that there were two different styles of front screen, plus the #43 Cab.

The reasons I have read are to prevent reflections off the front screen alerting aircraft, and also to reduce glare. The former may sound far-fetched but yesterday my wife and two of our kids accompanied me down the Motorway in our new Honda Jazz, which is tall for a supermini and you sit higher off the ground than usual. A Porsche Boxster was in front with a plastic screen behind the driver/passenger, which is supposed to prevent air flow throwing occupants' hair all over the place. However it is a vertical [NOTE VERTICAL ...point being it simulated a # 11/#12 screen in my mind] piece of transparent plastic. The problem was that the sun was in the west, and the vibrations of the car travelling on concrete road made it shimmy, and the sun glanced off the screen like a mirror, right into my eyes. It was like an automotive signalling mirror, only very dangerous as it nearly blinded me and others. This proves that the reflection off a CMP #11 or # 12 cab screen in sunny conditions could easily have been a beacon to enemy aircraft, and also been dangerous for drivers in front of or passing in the opposite direction.