CMP differences: Ford vs Chevrolet

[Svenn Ryen]

1: Are the headlights on CMP Chevy and ford the same?

2: Ford had the starting crank handle mounted at the rear inside the cab- what about chevy?

3: I have seen clips and hooks mounted on the inside of the cabs rear panel where the roof is mounted on the rear panel piece, what were these for? Ford only?

Sven

[David Dunlop]

Hello Sven

1) I believe the lamp assemblies can be swapped out but the trim rings are different.

2) Not familiar with that item.

3) Depends on what hooks/clips you are referring to in that general area. You will find clips for two Lee Enfield Rifles, hooks for the canvas stowage bag for the Side Curtains and Vehicle Manuals and clips for a First Aid Kit. These are fairly common to all CMPs but some specialty vehicles may possess other clips/hooks/brackets.

Hope that doesn't confuse you too much!

David

[Svenn Ryen]

Hi David.

Thanks for the reply.

Rearding #3 - Its the hooks for the canvas bags I am refering to. I have seen different types of set ups for this. 4 hooks and some metal clips with holes???

Does anyone have Pictures of this hooks and clips mounted???


Svenn

[David Dunlop]

Hello again, Svenn.

The Curtain Bag hung on the 4 larger hooks. The Parts Manual does not show special hardware for them and as I recall, they were mounted with the bolts attaching the roof assembly to the rear cab wall, roughly centred on the back wall. Maximum spacing was close to the width of the Cab 13 door. There was a difference between the Chev and Ford Curtain Bag hooks. Chev I think were curved, whereas the Ford hook was more angular. I am sure someone can confirm that with photos for you.

Initially, the First Aid Kit was hung on a single smaller hook (again with no special hardware) to the left side of the Curtain Bag. At some point in production, the single hook fitting for the First Aid Kit was replaced with a pair of hooks. They were assigned different stock numbers so I suspect they were not identical hooks.

David

[Svenn Ryen]

Heres the bits and parts i have from a Ford.

My C15A had fire ext bracket on the rear wall, and had a couple of the Clips With the holes but no hooks for Storage bag.

Seems odd if the storage bag was hung up in front of the fire ext??

No info on the Chevy starting crank handle???


svenn

[Brian Gough]

Hi Svenn,

On some of the Chevs the fire extinguisher was mounted on top of the engine cover. If you find 6 holes there if may have been for that.

Brian