Chevrolet CMP C15 cab 11 body 2A1

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

Photos show details of canvas trim. I've found two different sizes.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Jacek,

The webbing was also used on a lot of early british sports cars and also Land Rovers. I think Angloparts has the material available (at least the type shown in your last pic) and they have a distribution point in Warszawa;
https://www.angloparts.com/en/about/show/poland
As Bob pointed out...Ebay is also a good source....but also firms specialised in car upholstery and firms repairing shoes, tents and manufacture rucksacks.



Alex

[Bob Carriere]

Usually available in 5/8 ( approx. 14mm) or the wider 3/4 or 7/8 (approx. 22 mm)

Been searching Ebay without success so far.

Cheers

[Bob Carriere]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-FORD-PA...item3f0338d29d

Try the above eBay lsiting..... supplier may have other size.

Cheers

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi Bob. I am slowly getting back on track with the C8. I haven't been able to spend as much time on the project as I would have liked to, over the past few months. The time I did get to spend on the project was invested in doing things over again, due to a bad choice of primer and my own ignorance.
I will update my resto log soon (I was already cautioned by Stefan and Hanno of the Dutch CMP police )
Brian Gough did help me with a very important thing!

The proper trim for the original build was canvass.

Your post of yesterday triggered me (one of the lovely things of the forum!) to check the servicepub factory photos again. I tend to think both rubber and canvas were used.
Some of the cab12 photos show a smooth P-shaped seal between panels, One of the best pictures is a pic with the hood opened, which shows the seal on the inside, along the edge of the hood. This matches the size and shape of the rubber remains I found on my C8. The flat part of the "P" is fixed to the panel with the nails/screws and the round pipe acts as the edge along the panel.
On closer inspection I see the piping on cab 11's, as well as cab 12's, Fords and Chevs.........but not all! Sometimes you see the panels close nicely without any seals sticking out, which leads me to believe Canvas webbing was used on those trucks....others show the piping running along the panels close to the windscreen and the panels close to the radiator; it seems those trucks have the rubber fitted.

I have just checked the C8 parts manual and if I have managed to identify the proper part, than both webbing and rubber are mentioned under "8.034" "ANTI-SQUEAK, Hood to Radiator Shell & Cowl".

Alex

[Bob Carriere]

My parts manual No 175 Jamuary 1042 for the 1940-41 ,,,,covering 8cwt to 3 tons has no listing past 8.028 Catch, hood then jumps to 8-27 and further on 8.112

The 8-27 ( dash not a typo) goes on listing Part number 114286 Anti squeak Hood to radiator shell and cowl (sold per foot) webbing

Part number 37852R ANTI-SQUEAK, hood to radiator shell and cowl, (sold by the foot) Rubber

You are correct both rubber and canvass webbing was used.

On mine they looked old enough and tattered to be original and were all canvass as shown by Jacek.

Now I have to consult my vast library of photos to see which had what. Tomorrow I will check the Alligator nose cab 12 at the back as I can't remember ever seeing rubber.

You never finish to learn at this game.

Cheers

[Alex van de Wetering]

You never finish to learn at this game.

Well said! One of the lovely things about our forum!......although it does usually mean going to bed in the middle of the night

what about GMC CCKW? Don't they use the same webbing stuff under the bonnet/hood? I did buy some NOS CCKW nails/screws a while ago, which are the same as used on the CMP to secure the seal.


Bob, Jacek; I have some pics of a C15 here in Holland with a 2A1 body (also came from France) and allthough I think Jacek's truck probably retains more original details, I will try to post some pics in the weekend.


Alex

[Bob Carriere]

Alex

You were right....my cab 11 had rubber anti-squeak spacer.

It had canvass tape elsewhere but on the hood it was RUBBER...

Always learning is fine....... not remembering due to age is the pits.

Now I need to find some rubber material.

Cheers

Bob

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

It is canvas seal all arround under the hood in mine Chevy.

[cletrac (RIP)]

The old floor on your box didn't have the holes for the division boards so the floor must have been changed at one time.

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

Some more work done on the box.

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

These reinforcements of rear mudguards are original or were added later ?
Welding was done just on ends and it was a good place for mud to start corrossion.