1940 Chev C15, Cab 11 restoration in Holland

[jaap de wit]

thanks marc for your reaction.
phil the bow's of the roof are made of oakwood as the whole frame is and the bow pieces are made in 2 parts with special connections screwed together to form the bow. this way it's strong and light at the same time.
on the roof part are only 2 pieces of angle iron to support the roof from bending down when you stand on the roof, but the rest is all oakwood.
I can take pictures if neaded no problem.
cheers jaap

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Jaap

Sounds like the same construction as the US slide in radio shelters made for US Duce and Half, same box used, borrowed acquired, lend lease, by Canadian and Australian Armys. Side frames are solid oak. While the roof as the same two curved angle iron braces with the rest of the roof bows being made up of 1 inch wide x 1/8 thick strips steam bent and glued.

I wondered as your roof looks so straight front to rear while most of the S56 get sort of swaybacked over the years.

Again great work.

Cheers Phil

[jaap de wit]

A new skill was to be tryed out when I started on the inside of the radiobody.
after the insulation was in place it was time to carpenter the plywood panels in place this took a lot of measureing to cut ones.
it took me a whole weekend to get it right and it still can be beter I think.
I also put the angle iron bar for the radiotable on the wall and closedup all the wholes so the walls looks smooth and are ready for paint.
in the left back corner I will make a small cupboard for all kind of radioboxes and equipment they had. I only not have much pictures or so off the devide of the cupboard. so I have to make my one devideing.
thats all for now guy's
cheers jaap

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by jaap de wit

A new skill was to be tryed out when I started on the inside of the radiobody.
after the insulation was in place it was time to carpenter the plywood panels in place this took a lot of measureing to cut ones.
it took me a whole weekend to get it right and it still can be beter I think.
I also put the angle iron bar for the radiotable on the wall and closedup all the wholes so the walls looks smooth and are ready for paint.
in the left back corner I will make a small cupboard for all kind of radioboxes and equipment they had. I only not have much pictures or so off the devide of the cupboard. so I have to make my one devideing.
thats all for now guy's
cheers jaap

Jaap..
It looks so good it is a shame to paint it..how about a nice fruitwood stain with some gold leaf trim and a French polish finish..??
Then off to the Louvre with it..
It is beautiful work..

[sparky]

I have a Morris c8 1944 with a house type body.If you need any photos of the inside let me know and I can post some.I also have some spare items for sale,including a spare interior light.If this is of any help,please let me know.

[jaap de wit]

Hi there sparky, that's a very nice offer , because I am looking for all the info I can get on the inside off the body.
So if it's not to much to ask, all around pictures of the inside would be very very helpfull (as specially of the cupbord and the genny box)
I have some idea off how it sould look but pictures of a finished one works beter. I am curious to see how your morris C8 looks like, mybe you can ad some pictures of it to. thanks
cheers jaap

[jaap de wit]

hi guy's after all that wood work I had to do something else so I got to a radio fair her in holland and found the tube part of the "B" antenna mount for the 19 set.
I have the rubber part already so I only have to murge these two together and whalla... just like old.
I made a bracket for it and mounted it on the radiobody on the right fronttop.
now I did some outside work again it is time to go on with the inside because it is far from ready, but I am getting there, some day
cheers for now
jaap