Reference: Top Bows - 15-cwt truck

[Svenn Ryen]

I need to fabricate top bows for my C15. Does anyone have drawings, templates, pictures or meassurements for these?

Any info apriciated.

Svenn

[cletrac (RIP)]

Yours has the 2C1 body. This info is from Gregg's Military Vehicle Profiles.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Svenn Ryen

Does anyone have drawings, templates, pictures or meassurements for these?

Svenn,

See Colin's web page on CMP's and scroll down to the bottom for some details: https://captainstevens.com/military/...tern-vehicles/

PS: I deleted you e-mail address to prevent spamming. People can contact you by clicking on your name and then choose to send you an email or private message (PM)

[Svenn Ryen]

Thanks guys for the info.

But still looking for templates for the bows. Anyone?

Svenn

[George McKenzie]

I will be making a set for my truck and Reg Hodgson has a bow that I am going to use for a copy ,later this winter .I can get you the measurements then

[Svenn Ryen]

Hi guys. I got the oportunity to make templates from the truck on the Norwegian Army Museums C15 (which actually is for sale, see link: http://retrade.no/aitem?aitem_id=120136).

Take a look at the pictures below.

The bow is an original from the norwegian army museum and truck on the link. The flat iron hook is 19 millimeters or 3/4" wide.

But as you can se on the other picture the distance between the edges for the hook on my cargo bed is 24 millimeters. I presume the top bow will move a lot back and forth if I use 3/4" flat iron on my bows.

I believe the cargo bed on the museums C15 is early type 2C1 and mine is late type 2J1.

Was there a change of specifications on these bows at some point?? Or should it just be 3/4" on both types ?? 24 millimeters is also a very strange inch meassure15/16"?? But perhaps it should be 7/8" wide? I believe my tubing should be 1" but on the muesums truck it was 7/8".

Does anyone have a 2J1 cargo bed bows and can meassure the hooks and bows?

I did not meassure the distance on the cargo bed in the museum.

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/uplo.../IMG_08673.JPG

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/uplo...918_-_Kopi.JPG

Svenn

[Svenn Ryen]

My top bows are done. Heres pictures of the result!

Svenn

[maple_leaf_eh]

Nice metal work, now I see some heavy timber framing in the background of your workshop. What does the outside of the garage look like? Did you buy the building already constructed, or build it yourself? (You will make all the Australians jealous at the abundance of good sized trees and timbers.)