1940 Chev C15, Cab 11 restoration in Holland

[jaap de wit]

here some more pictures of the offside generator door.
I want to use the generator space for storing tools and so.
So I made the door to have hinges and a lock. first thing I did was to test fit
the woodendoor to make sure the hinges are in the right place.
then I made the sheet metal for one side and bended the edges around the wood. now the second sheet was putt on and the hinges to.
On the outside I putt in the sheets with the louvers and made the edges smooth ready for painting. the two locks were putt in place.
so now it neads paint and screwed in to place and the outside is as good as ready, only the ladder neads to be made.
cheers for now
jaap

[jaap de wit]

i like the music of the rolling stone very much, but to paint the radiobody black seams a bit to far so I stayed with cream white.
now the gennydoor was dying I started to paint the inside white it took a 1 1/2 ltr of paint. I did the blackout panels for the side windows to and put them in place whits took some swet to get them in place and work.
I made all the bolting points on the chargeing panel and screwed it on the wall, only the switches are missing.
I screwed the variometer on the roof next to the small window and put the antenna outlet glass in place with the blackout box to.
cheers jaap

[jaap de wit]

here are some more pictures of the antenna outlet glass.
cheers jaap

[jaap de wit]

Hi guy's I have made two cupboards, one big and one small. I modiffied the big cupboard a bit with sliding doors so it is more of use to me.
I finely have alot off pictures of the inside off the radiobody thanks to our member sparky form the UK. he has a morris wirelessbody to, thanks sparky he was oke with it to show some pictures.
the first three are his and the last two are my cupboards.
I started on the genny box and the 2 lee enfield holders. the big box on the vender next to the chair in sparky's picture, I have one to, but don't know what's it for ? I have to do that next time.
cheers for now.
jaap

[jaap de wit]

hi guy's here are some pictures of the inside of the radiobody it is ready.
the desk is inplace ready to take the radio, only the switchboxes need to be put in place. all the cupboards ready and the unknown box on the vender to is in it's place, to take what ever it has to.
all it needs are some old posters on the walls and some equipment.
the next step is to paint the camo pattern (mickey mouse) on the outside of the truck and the it is ready, I hope
cheers jaap

[Alex van de Wetering]

Great progress Jaap. I hope to see it in Arnhem in September (?)

Alex

[jaap de wit]

thanks alex, yes I'll try to be there this year (if I get a carburator problem solved.)
I have the inside ready, all painted. the desk is in place for the radio, only need to put the junctionboxes on there spot on the wall. I used some glue to put up some ww2 posters (A4 size) on the wall to get the right atmosfeer.
the outside was ready to paint on the mickey mouse camouflage. this took some thinking work to get it right (it has to look good to).
I allso gave it the decals of the 49th west riding (polar bear) division, signal corps attached to the recce regt of this division. this because the recce of this division helped liberating holland (roosendaal,arnhem,amersfoort,utrecht,amsterdam, den haag) as part of the canadian army.
see you next time guy's
cheers jaap