C8 progress in Texas

[David DeWeese]

Thanks Keith!
This weekend I had time to refinish and install the cab rear panel. The original rear panel was beat up to the point of needing a new skin and a lot of structural work.

Luckily I had a nice 12 cab rear panel here that only needed a few dents taken out. It also had an advantage over the 11 cab panel as it has the two seat recesses in the upper angle iron. That will give me another inch of leg room!

A fire extinguisher bracket also needed to be installed on the panel first as the tight space between the rear panel and lockers makes it so you can't get to the bolts to install it later. I found one on a 1/2 ton Dodge ambulance body here that was still in good shape. It lined up with the 6 bolt holes on the rear panel, but is it the correct style?

Anyway, it was nice to do some restoration, instead of fabrication, on the C8 for a change.
Thanks, David

[David DeWeese]

Hi,
Pulled out my doors today to look at them and had a few nagging questions:

What do the snaps for the canvas windows look like? I have only bare holes in the upper door skins, and the holes are all different sizes. Did a search on the forum, but detailed photos of cab 11/12 doors are hard to come by.

Are these inner door handles original, or....?

I have to order outer door handles also. From what I can gather, these are 1939-40 Ford?

Please forgive my newbie questions, and as always thanks for all your help!
Thanks, David

[aj.lec]

Originally Posted by David DeWeese

Hi,
Pulled out my doors today to look at them and had a few nagging questions:

What do the snaps for the canvas windows look like? I have only bare holes in the upper door skins, and the holes are all different sizes. Did a search on the forum, but detailed photos of cab 11/12 doors are hard to come by.

Are these inner door handles original, or....?

I have to order outer door handles also. From what I can gather, these are 1939-40 Ford?

Please forgive my newbie questions, and as always thanks for all your help!
Thanks, David

Here is a few photos I have
Door handles look original
On my doors all snaps appear to be the same size except there are only 3 across the top that I can see

[Phil Waterman]

Hi David

I have some of the snaps (sorry just enough for my truck) but will take pictures of them so you know what to look for. I have seen them on one of the old car sites so they are being reproduced.

As to the door handles, as you can see in the picture my Pat 12 C60L has the same type of handles with the short lobe pointing forward waiting to get caught on brush.



I replaced them with a very similar design that are 40s Dodge which are the curved design which are less likely to get caught on stuff. The correct ones are available as bright chrome I'll try and find the source.

I'll take some photos. Oh yes the picture is of my truck as found not as it is today.

Cheers Phil

[Phil Waterman]

Hi David

Here are some photo of the little snaps first ones are the snaps before installation, the next are what they look like as installed. As you will see they are designed to go into the hole then are expanded to hold.

I'll look and see if I can find the source that got them from.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi David

Here are some photos of the door handles on my Pat 12 C60l. The square shaft and the bezel seem to be fairly common what seems to be the issue is the length of the shaft, the Dodge ones I used as an expedient were about an inch to long, cut off and drilled and tapped for the inside handle.

Cheers Phil

[David DeWeese]

Thanks Andrew and Phil for all the photos and great information!

Phil, are your old outer handles available? If so, please let me know.

I did find some outer door handles at Mac's antique auto parts, but they don't look quite the same as the ones posted. Found inner handles also, but were also chromed, and not brass over steel.

Is this bare brass over steel thing just for military vehicles of the time? I've never seen it on anything else.

Ordered some of the canvas snaps from Ron Fitzpatrick Jeep Parts. My brother, the jeep enthusiast, said to order a few more than I need as they can get distorted when you try and install them.

Decided to re-use my original inner door handles. One was broken and missing part of it's outer brass sheeting. Found a brass key tag, then formed and brazed it around the missing part. With a little effort it turned out OK.

Thanks again!
David

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

I'll look and see if I can find the source that got them from.

I'm not sure of Phil's source but Bob Carriere bought some from Mac's, part number A81002, they also sell an installation tool.
See:
http://macsautoparts.com/ford-side-c...R3CHL1075951E/ and http://macsautoparts.com/side-curtai...R3CHL1075952E/