15-cwt Personnel - Back rest
 

Does anyone know if this is an original Chevrolet or Ford back rest from the rear body?

Two more pictures from the back rest.

Thanks
Hendrik

Wouldn't have a clue if it's original or not but it appears to be what is referred to here as a hungry board. These were used to extend the height of the cargo box sides thus increasing the load able to be carried.

David

Sorry, but they were not for increasing the load, but were used as backrests when the boxes for the rear wheels were used as seats.
Just this dab picture from the net.

Hendrik

Hendrik,

I think it is. The Servicpub Factory photos CD has some pics. It shows the flat surface should go towards the inside of the body; Open end of the panel towards the outside. "clips/lips" with the curved end go around the top edge of the body on the oustide....lips on the inside are straight.

Lovely find!

Alex

Thanks Alex,

They are not mine, but I will ask Gert van de Hoek if he can make them,I think he is becoming a specialist in CMP reproductions!! :thup2: :thup2:

Hendrik

Indeed, they were part of the personnel variant (see my web site) of the 15-cwt truck - which was not more than a standard G.S. body with tubular superstructure and canopy and seats provided in the back for 4 to 6 men.

I know of only a few pics, see attachments. I think the back rests were made of wood on wooden bodies, and made of steel on steel ones.

I would be interested in a set of Gert's copies.

Thanks,
Hanno

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Learning all the time!
I was unaware of this variant with seating in the back and wondered at the lack of seating in the CMP range of vehicles. Contemporary WW2 American trucks seem to come with troop seating as standard, even the GMC tipper which makes for an interesting image when it comes to unloading.
Thanks for the instruction.

David

There was seating for the 3 ton vehicles, including a folding seat that could stow away or went right down the center of the truck bed. In that case, you really had a bus load. The 6 foot long box of the CMP was really ill suited for carrying any amount of passengers.

found still old thread on the subject: Troop seats in 15 cwt personnel truck

Back rests
 

Not very good pictures - I think they are actually pictures of yours, Hendrik?

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No Hanno, not mine, of Klaas Boerema from Uithuizen.

Ford or Chev
 

I think that the boxes were not made by Ford or Chev but by a different group of manufacturers. Used in common amongst the truck brands.

Do you have the dimensions?

In Assembly Instructions F15A I found this very interesting drawing. Apparently there was a Personnel version with 6 instead of 4 seats:

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