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Old 18-04-11, 03:00
David DeWeese David DeWeese is offline
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Hi,
Got back in the saddle this weekend on the C8 restoration and had a question about these storage boxes. They came down to Texas with the C8 along with a lot of cab 13 parts and a rusty 2B1 rear body. These boxes appear to fit under the rear of the 2B1 body.
Their inside dimensions are 13 1/4" long x 10 3/4 wide x 6 1/4 tall.
Would this be a purpose-built box to hold a 2 gallon POL can, or are they just generic storage boxes?
Thanks, David
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Old 18-04-11, 03:09
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Good boxes there David.

A bit of sand blasting or wire wheel and perfect. They were intended for one 2 gal. POW can each. I have heard some people refer to them as chain lockers but I think that is inaccurate.

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Old 18-04-11, 03:53
David DeWeese David DeWeese is offline
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Thanks, Bob!
Now I can actually have two original pieces of CMP equipment installed on my rear body.
Will sandblast the pair and make a new door for the missing one, install them and proceed.
Thanks again for the info.
David

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Old 22-05-11, 16:38
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Hi,
Had a free day to make the missing door, hinges and latch for one of my storage boxes.

Were small padlocks used on these to secure the doors, or some sort of pin/clip?

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Old 22-05-11, 16:52
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Default It's only a guess, but ....

These things always tended to be issued with padlocks, which probably walked within five minutes of them being issued.

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Old 22-05-11, 17:58
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They were secured with padlocks, often the corbin brand. The US military still use a similar padlock today marked US.

I have seen padlocks still hanging on the bins of CMPs 60 years after they were released. I have also found the odd one under the fuel tanks of the Bren carriers. While I can't confirm or dispute Gordon's guess, I can tell you that even today, the padlocks are part of the equipment checklist of a vehicle, and when you are issued the vehicle, you are also issued the appropriate number of padlocks. I can also tell you that the army cuts thousands of them every year when guys forget the keys at home, or the guy with the key is off that day that they need to get into the vehicle lockers.
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Old 23-05-11, 02:22
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Default padlocks...

Thanks Gordon and Rob for the information!
Looked around on-line today,(slow day), for some matching vintage-looking padlocks for the storage lockers. Not much luck.
Found these on ebay tonight with 8 minutes left on the auction and pulled the trigger.
They're U.S. marked, but solid brass, keyed alike and with brass chains, so...
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