1940 Chev C15, Cab 11 restoration in Holland

[Alex van de Wetering]

Jaap, I can hardly wait for "Arnhem", next year

Have you thought about the interior of the body? Camper van....or period interior?

Alex

[jaap de wit]

thanks alex, I am long off to do the inside but I am planning to do both a old interior that look old and when I need to sleep in it I turnup with something to sleep on that is stored out of site, I have to think this true. but first I want to make the body ready so I can try to get a registration first and then make the details on the body (so I can drive to when I want) like the vents, the ladder on the back, the antenna's storing brackets, ect.
so I did the inside wheel arches they needed some repair and where fitted inplace. now these where in there it is time to close up the sides off the body by making the next panel only this one needs the arch for the wheel so I cut it a inch bigger so I can bend it around the arche.
oke thats it for now I need some b..r ugh now
cheers jaap

[jaap de wit]

oke I have cut the side metal and it go's on right now.
on the corner this sheet fits over the nails of the front and the back sides so they stay in place. I nailed the side through both sheets and these are coverd with metal strips so these nails stay in as well. I will show pictures of them later. The back door that I gave a new skin is fitted now and needed some adjusting to fit nicely. In the back rightside there is or has to be a panel with louvers to vent the generator compartment so I started to make the one for the back. this took so time to get it right to fit and look good.
this metal shaping is time consumming and hard work and get you drinking b.. ugh.
cheers jaap

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by jaap de wit

oke I have cut the side metal and it go's on right now.
on the corner this sheet fits over the nails of the front and the back sides so they stay in place. I nailed the side through both sheets and these are coverd with metal strips so these nails stay in as well. I will show pictures of them later. The back door that I gave a new skin is fitted now and needed some adjusting to fit nicely. In the back rightside there is or has to be a panel with louvers to vent the generator compartment so I started to make the one for the back. this took so time to get it right to fit and look good.
this metal shaping is time consumming and hard work and get you drinking b.. ugh.
cheers jaap

Jaap..
You are doing too good of a job..!!
Remember that all these bodies were assembled by hastily trained wartime labour..in Canada..
and some small imperfections were obviously over looked in the manufacture of these bodies..
So after it is all nicely finished and painted..beat on the side of it with the wheel wrench..so you can say...."Now it is right..Just like Canadians..Great but not perfect..!!"
Nice job..I am enjoying the thread..

[jaap de wit]

thanks alex for the thumps up, but I can't beatup the body the truck would not like it and get even with me by stop working I think
that was a joke,
it was time to start on the roof to go in to place, but first I had to paint the inside because it is easyer now than to paint above your head. I insulated the roof first before it was put on the truck. when the roof was on the truck it was screwed on to the frame and then it took some work to get the sheet metal into place. I glued it on and then bent the sides and secured them in place with nails. I placed some bricks on the roof so the glue sticks to the metal sheets. when this is dry then I can bent the sheets around the front and back walls.
cheers jaap

[jaap de wit]

so the glue on the roof is dryed up now and I can start by screwing on some strips across the seems on the roof. then I used some kitt to close everything so there can't get any water in.
on the sides I nailed the roof panels to the frame. the front and the back roofpanels I bend down the overlapping part.
now this was bend down I have to make a mall to bend the strips around nice so they can be screwed on the front and back to top things off.
On both sides above the windows ( they have to be made jet) and were the roof starts, there must be a wooden ridge , this ridge is to attache the 2 canvas tent roofs that come on later. these wood strips keep the roof nails in place to. after all this us of a screwdriver, I think about 120 of them I was in need of a big pot off not
cheers jaap

[jaap de wit]

hi guy's the radiobody starts to get in shape don't you think.
now all the sheet metal panels are on the truck I had to make a raincap above the door.
then I thought it was time for some painting, allway's nice to do this.
first the roof was painted black twice. then the sides go green and whalla it looks a hundred backs. the windows come in later because I have to make the frames myself so I do this after I have the registration on the truck.
I cleaned the date plate for the body and attached it.
(body, fitted for wireless, No.1, mk 3 m.c.c. cont. No.23/7447 ser. No 391)
look's good dos it. now the only thing to do to make the body water tide is the small window above the cab. sorry this comes next time.
cheers jaap