Pintle Mount for C8AX

[William Spence (RIP)]

I am building an C8AX on a 1942 HUP 13 cab chassis. The cab is coming from a C15, the engine clip & fenders are from the original HUP, the gas tanks & running boards are also from the C15A as is the pintle & pintle spring mount.
I need pix of the way GM mounted the pintle hitch on the C8AX as the HUPs didn't have trailer hitches. Can anyone send me good pix of how the pintle was factory mounted on the C8AX? The mountings off the C15A are too large to fit the HUP frame.

Many tks. Bill Spence MacDuff Piper

1942 Ford GPW
1942 C8A (future C8AX)
1944 C15A (being parted out)

[William Spence (RIP)]

I am building a C8AX on a 1942 HUP chassis using parts required from a 1944 C15A. I have taken the pintle & pintle spring off the C15A to put on the HUP chassis, however the HUPs never had a trailer hitch & the mounts off the C15A don't fit the HUP chassis. Can anyone send me some good pix or drawings of what the pintle hitch attachement looks like when it left the GM factory???? Any help wud be appreciated.

Cheers, Bill Spence, MacDuff Piper

1942 Ford GPW
1942 C8A (soon to be C8AX)
1944 C15A (being parted out)

[Max Hedges]

Bill, from what I can remember C8AX's have a different mounting system using a coil spring mounted on the rear crossmember, sorry but I don't any photo's.
Max

[William Spence (RIP)]

Max, Tks for reply re above. There is a drawing of this mount
in ARMY MOTORS No. 107 on page 21, but it only shows rear view and no idea of where spings are or the thickness of the metal bracket. If anyone else can throw some light on this, it wud be most appreciated. Tks again, Max

Bill Spence MacDuff Piper

[Keith Webb]

Is this article by our own Mike Kelly.

[Tony Smith]

I don't have a pic of the frame, but there is a triangular supporting frame running from the chassis rails just near the hump in the rail. The frame mounts up inside the rear crossmember to reinforce it.

[William Spence (RIP)]

Tony, Tks for info & pic re above. Every bit of info helps solve the puzzle. If every one with a C8AX contributes a bit of info, I'll have the solution soon. Tks again.

Bill Spence MacDuff Piper

[Ken Hughes]

if we can get a digital camera i can photo the pintle hook mount that is lying on my cobbers lawn,it includes the mounting frame etc ,it is for his c8ax

[William Spence (RIP)]

Ken: Sure hope that you can lay your hands on a digital camera to get pix tha t you have mentioned. This is exactly what I need!!!! Good luck in your borrowing!!!! I'll publish a picture of this beastie if & when I ever get it finished.

Cheers, Bill Spence MacDuff Piper

[Ken Hughes]

william,sorry were taking so long with digital photo
waiting on photographer to come back from up north
soon i hope
hey can any one else help out ?

[William Spence (RIP)]

Ken, Glad to hear that you haven't forgotten me. I can wait for your photographer to get back; I've lots of other things to do in the meantime with this conversion. But I am looking forward to seeing pics of proper mounting arrangement for C8AX as it is very different from all other CMP hitch mountings.

Cheers, Bill Spence MacDuff Piper

[Ken Hughes]

Im going to try and post the photos william.

hey how do i get the photo from my pictures to the attach file on the reply

[Ken Hughes]

another one

[William Spence (RIP)]

Ken: Many thanks for pictures of Pintle Hitch, I should be able to fabricate set-up from them. Will send you pix when I get this done, however it won't be too soon as a ver sick wife in hospital is taking up most of my spare time. However tks again & I won' forget to send pix when I get this part completed.

Cheers, Bill Spence

[Ken Hughes]

william please give youre wife our best wishes and i hope all is ok, kind regards ken hughes

[Mike K]

William

I have a C8AX here , a friend here with another C8AX ,borrowed the tow frame and madeup a replica . Before I owned it the pintle hook was removed and I don't have it . Are you the fellow I mailed the N.Z. GS body plans too some years back ?

My NZ body is badly squashed , but I managed to measure it up .
Its rather oddly made with oxy welded seams on the corners .

Mike .

[William Spence (RIP)]

Mike, Sorry but I'm not the guy that you mailed the body plans to several years ago. If you ever locate them I'd like a copy as I have to make a body for my C8AX project. Good luck in locating your plans.

Bill Spence

[Ken Hughes]

william ill see if i can get you a copy of the nzgs deck plans im pretty sure they are available
if i can i may need your snail mail address i will be in touch

[Mike K]

I mailed the plans to a guy in Canada a few years back , he was building up a C8AX from a HUP chassis .

my drawings are very basic , but I took heaps of pics of it as well .

I have the plans in JPG format so can burn a CD .

Mike Kelly

[Rob Beale]

William

refering to Ken Hughes' pics:-
the basic dimensions of the pintle frame parts are as follows:

The plate holding the hook below the rear cross member is 6 inch x 11 1/4 inch x 1/2 inch plate

The side plates off the chassis rails are 6 inch x 10 1/2 inch by 3/8 inch plate.

The angled brace connecting the above plates is 3 inch x 1/4 inch flat, about 56 inch overall.

The end of the pintle shaft is supported by a folded channel which has a 3 3/8 inch web and 1 3/4 inch flanges ex 1/8 inch plate.

I'll attach some sketches I've done, though bolt hole details are missing.

Rob
C8AX Ambulance (NZ)

[Rob Beale]

sorry about the pic, I'll try to repost the sketches

Rob