C8 progress in Texas

[Alex van de Wetering]

Here are two pics of my C8. You will see the same countersunk holes. Used to attach a rubber strip???

Alex

[Bob Carriere]

.... on the nose piece of my cab 11 are the same two countersunk holes...... but can't rememebr what they are for .....and on either side of those holes is the double canvass welting ...... and the welting is held in place by small metal tacks/nails.

Will need to go through some of my old pictures again.

Bob

[David DeWeese]

Hi,
Maybe these holes were for a latch or whatever that never made it into production on the cab 11's? Everyone with a cab 11 has these holes, but nothing is attached to them.
No period photos I can find show a centrally located latch on the hood, nor can I find photos of any fixtures screwed into those counter-sunk holes in the front sheetmetal..
I refinished my hood today, and left the holes in it with some 1/4-20 machine screws with square nuts to fill them. Better safe than sorry.
Thanks again for the great information!
David

[David DeWeese]

Hi,
Had a problem with the '41 Dodge truck radiator I had modified and installed to fit in the C8 a while back. The clearances all looked good until the front sheetmetal was aligned and bolted in tight.
Well, turns out there wasn't even enough room between the radiator core and the fan to install the fan belt.
To me, with the economy here so slow, this is a real show-stopper. I simply can't justify buying a new $500 radiator for a toy, plus then having to pay someone to modify it with a long custom made filler neck to fit a cab 11 Chev.
Had to keep the project going, so...

Looked around at my shop and found a couple of nice late '70's Jaguar XJ6 radiators up in the attic. I used to install lots of small block Chev V-8's in these cars back in the '90's using a locally made kit, and saved back a couple of good radiators.....
The radiator fits very well, with a 1 1/2" upper hose and a 1 3/4" lower hose that fits my 235 exactly.
Made some side mounts for it and a custom filler neck and...

disclaimer: no actual CMP parts were harmed in the installation of this radiator.
Thanks, David

[David DeWeese]

Refurbished the headlight hardware this weekend also.
Had only the bare original headlight buckets to work with. The headlight bezels and inner holders I used are from a '40-'42 1/2 ton Dodge WC military truck, and fit without any modifications.
Used hardware store copper plumbing fittings to replace the missing wiring connectors on the buckets, and 14 gauge, three-wire service cord for the wiring.
If I am offending anyone with my modifications from the original equipment, please let me know.
It's either this, or leaving it to sit and rust.....
Thanks, David

[The Bedford Boys]

Excellent work. I love seeing what people come up with to tackle a problem. You have made the best of what you have and as you say, it's better to have her on the road, than in a paddock, or in storage doing nothing. You can always swap out the parts with the genuine article if you happen to stumble across them.

Keep up the good work

[Bob Carriere]

Kudos on both the radiator and the headlights....... keep it running that's the spirit.

The wiring you did looks the part and is probably better and more dependable than the original arrangement.

The secret is making sure you do not chop off good parts in the process so that if you happen to stumble on the original parts you can always redo it..... but I doubt that would be necessary.

Cab 11 can be nasty to source parts for.......

Bob

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here's a factory photo of the thumb screws. In the spare parts list it says trucks before serial # ending with 4001 had the thumb screw type hood. My C8 with cab vents is serial # 2673 so it falls in that range. I think over 4001 was the hinged hood on the cab 12. The three cab 11 hoods I have (Who says cab 11 parts are hard to find?) have spring clips on the rear held on by those two back bolts so you slide the hood back towards the windshield then put the two thumbscrews in the front.

[gordon]

Far better to have it up and running as long as everything is reversible.

Even if you did find the correct bits at the right price it is easier to recondition them and just swap them onto a running vehicle I"m sure.

Gordon

still at work ( yawn )

[Ganmain Tony]

David, your thread is one of my favourites. Reading about how your overcoming every obstacle to getting her on the road is something everyone on this forum can learn from.

These things are meant to be driven and driving them is enjoying them. Believe me they are bloody good fun to drive.

Outstanding effort with the lights and Radiator . Did I mention your tenacity and commitment to the task is inspiring as well? No?

Your commitment to the task is inspiring as well

Full Marks from me