[Bob Carriere]

...or any one else that can help me out on the floor layout of a cab 11/12 with winch.....

In the process of redoing my cab 11 I replaced the 1/4 inch floor plate (dot and dash) from a cab 12 which was far less corrored than my original floor....... mine had no dots/dash left in places.

My replacement plate came from a donor vehicle from Don in Hamilton.

The cab 12 floor had the advantage of having the 1/2 inch thick corner reinforcement plates.

Problem started when we tried to reinstall all the levers from the cab 11 with a transpanted winch..... to the cab 12 floor which never had a winch.

We have successfully modified the floor for the 2 speed lever but I am stuck with the exact location for the brake handle of the winch brake. I do have a winch brake lever from my cab 11 BUT I am not sure if it is original..... it is very similar to what I have seen on factory pictures of the CGT without the rear cab structure installed. A short straight handle with the typical Chev spring release squeeze handle. That brake handle seems to have a small adjustable rod that goes down almost vertical through the floor plate by means of a small oval cutout about 1 1/2 long by 5/8 wide......... ??? Where exactly is that cutout supposed to be in the floor on a cab 11/12.....???

Also.... in a cab 11 and a cab 12.... immediatley to the left of that brake arrangement is a small circular hole....... not the one for the 3 way fuel valve (which is bigger and has the typical 3 screw holes)....... there are no apparent screw holes next to that perfectly cut hole.... by the way the hole in the cab 11 is about 1 inch and in the cab 12 about 1 1/4 inch in diame. In Phil's web site, he shows the old floor plate next to the new one he made.... and that hole appears just next to the winch brake slot........
???? my best guestimate is the hole is used to route the battery cables to the under side of the truck from the battery box in the driver's compartment...??? Am I on the right track...???

I tried to fit the winch brake rod on that hole but it does not make much sense.

I also need a picture of the lower bracket that bolts on the floor for that brake handle.... I am not sure that what I have is original and I also need to see how that rod that goes through the floor is connected and held in place on the back side of the floor plate.

There is not much clearance underneath with the front axle in/out lever and the rod for the emergency brake cable to rear wheels.

I will take some recent pictures of my winch brake brackets for posting tonite.........

It's always the little things that confuse the most!!!!

Bob C.