Chevrolet CMP C15 cab 11 body 2A1

[Bob Carriere]

Showing general conditions of all my doors.

Cutting out the bottom and rebuilding with extra reinforcement for known weak areas.

Frame is 14 gauge bent at a steel fabricator and flat plates 16 gauge all satin coat.....once welded they were sandblasted again to obtain even textured surface whcih makes the welds disappear.

[Bob Carriere]

Various pictures of the one good original and the repro.

Handles are NOS from Dirk in Holland

Repro inside handle from Mac Auto also the latch mechanism and the corner pipes came from Mac.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Awesome info on the woodwork Bob! Thanks! I have just sorted the oak panels I have in the garage for this cause, last weekend.


Some pictures from a cab11 C15 here in Holland I promised a few weeks ago.

Even though I think Jacek's truck is more original than this example, I hope these pics still give us some info.

This truck also came from France; it can stil be found in the "CMP for sale in France" section, even though it was still painted tan at the time.

Alex

[Alex van de Wetering]

Some more pictures

[Alex van de Wetering]

Last batch

[Bob Carriere]

I did all my measuements in inches and when I converted to metric the numbers do not match.

So will re measure in metric and post the dimensions.

My seat floor adjustment mechanism all all aprat and not yet sand blasted.... in fact I am not sure how they fit any more but will figure it out.

Alex how thick is your wood spacer for the seats...... not sure I will need any with my 6'2" frame... driver's seat will be set for my comfort.

Cheers

[Alex van de Wetering]

Alex how thick is your wood spacer for the seats...... not sure I will need any with my 6'2" frame... driver's seat will be set for my comfort.

Bob, I have two spacers stacked onto eachother. One is 1" thick, the other 1,5". The thicker ones have a part number stamped/painted on one side. I can't find a part number on the thinner ones, allthough they show traces of Khaki Green on the surface normally hidden by the thicker block, so I presume they are original. (allthough I am not sure they were always factory fitted!)

I agree about probably not needing them...I remember in the thread on clearance between steering wheel and knees it was concluded that raising the seat, makes clearance worse. I will still be making a new set of spacers though, just to be able to work out the best option for steering wheel clearance, comfort and view of the road....That is, when I get to that part of the resto

Alex