C8 progress in Texas

[David DeWeese]

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

[David DeWeese]

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?

Thanks, David

[gordon]

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

Gordon

[rob love]

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.

[David DeWeese]

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...
Thanks again, David

[David DeWeese]

Hi,
Finally completed my reproduction/replica British Duple rear body for the C8, (and finished almost one year to the day I started construction on it).

Thanks, David

[Mike K]

David
The work has paid off.... can you make one for me

Excellent .