Reference: Timber or steel C15A or F15A or F15 Body Drawing

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by sth65pac

That is what I am after. I want to do a timber back as it is somewhat lighter than the steel ones. The old girl doesn't need any extra weight so I will follow your lead. I will probably have a million questions to ask in time.

Hi Ian,

You may be surprised at the weight of a steel body. I can lift the sides, front panel, and tailgate individually on my 15 CWT body. The floor is a different matter however!

I have attached a few drawings I made in the 90's from an original rusted out floor when I thought I would replace it with a scratch built one. May give you some food for thought.
It is pretty much a large sheet metal brake job, spot welded together. The only difficult fabrication I could see is the stiffeners on the sides, front, and tailgate shown in photo at the top.

I never made drawings for the sides and tailgate as they were in reasonably good shape. Should you want to go the steel body route I could knock out some drawings of them this winter.

Cheers,

15 CWT floor-top.jpg 15 CWT floor-underside.jpg 15 CWT floor-crossmembers.jpg

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