Chevrolet C8 1940 Cab 11 restoration, The Netherlands

[Bob Carriere]

My original spring pins were done differently..... the slot cut for the bolts holding them in place was cut with 3 angled flat sides and required special bolts shaped like the 3 sided groove ..... the new ones were made with a circular slot like yours so I could use regular boltss. The machine shop had to heat up the drill rods to remove the temper..... drill the grease passageway....tap for the greae fittings... cut the bolt slot and grind a relief groove in the center for the grease to spread then retemper the whole thing. Hope they last a long time.

Bob

[Mike K]

When I assembled the C8 cab, I discovered that the drivers side arch bar was twisted out of alignment - meaning that the drivers side wing would not sit level so I had to make up a small adjusting mount for the wing . How this twist in the archbar happened is a mystery , it must have been made like that .

You could see where somebody on the production line had beaten the inner fill in panel, to make it fit the arch bar . Being a very early vehicle, I guess the first batch or two were not fitting together as they should have done