C8 progress in Texas

[David DeWeese]

Hi Mike,

Thanks! I think it was Dave Demorrow in Texas who bought that truck, and was trying to get it moved, back in the day...

Hi Bob,

Thanks! It took a while to get enough measurements to send to the shop to get made. There are apparently more than one style of these sand channels. I chose the ones from this factory photo to base mine on. The length is 72" and the holes are 1 3/8, or 35mm...

I asked my friend if he had a problem with giving me the CAD drawings on these, and he said no problem, so they will be available..

Thanks,David

[Bob Carriere]

Hi David

They do stand out real nice. And you are correct there are many styles that were originally made but yours look the part. Any idea of the gauge of the steel used???


Bob C.

[David DeWeese]

Hi Bob,

They are 14 gauge sheet metal. That's fairly light, but they are for show, plus one of the revisions made was to add metal to the edges and fold it over flat to add rigidity.

I will get the drawings with the end revisions in the next day or so, and post them.

Thanks, David

[Bob Carriere]

Currently using 14 gauge to rebuild/repair a 2B1 box........ bending has to bedone at a local fasbricator as I can't handle over 16 gauge.....
tis heavy and very solid.

Thank you......

[David DeWeese]

Hi,

Apparently, the drawings of the sand channels that were given to me were the initial drawings without the revisions we made to make what I ended up with. As me and my friend discussed the changes by phone, he wrote them down, but didn't include them in the PDF he sent me...

Here is what I have to date, with my amateurish attempts to include the revisions. If these are not readable, I will send the PDF to folks interested. If there is not enough information here to reproduce what I had made, I will measure my made channels, and post the information until there is..

Thanks, David

the reinforcements put on the lower edges, and across the tops were 3/4"x 3/16" hardware store steel strap. Bob, the gauge of the sheet metal is 16 gauge.

[Bob Carriere]

Thanks David

Please forward a PDF format to RAC1812(at)AOL>COM.........

Now I know what they mean when they say "a picture is worth a thousand words"....... this has to be made into a "sticky" by Hanno.

My initial questions.....

1. did you weld a one inch trip to the long edge or was it welded to the semi circular bent edge.....?

2. I may round off the Imperial measurements for simplicity.

3. I liked the additional reinforcement 1 inch wide metal straps added to the original channels.

4. Once I get the PDF I may consider adjusting the width to match my 10:50 tires size if necessary. I may make a short version for testing as my pan box brake can handle 16 gauge up to 40 inches.

Again thanks for sharing.

Bob C.

[David DeWeese]

Hi, Bob.

The channels were originally supposed to have a 1" rounded edge on the length as in some of the photos I had, but the sheet metal bender couldn't do it for some reason.
I told them to just leave the edges flat, bent 90 degrees down from the 35 degree bend, and I would do the finishing work. That extra sheet metal was 2" wide on each side. Not wanting to impose on my friend who had done me a big favor already, I took the pieces to a local bender. They took the 2" edge, and folded it back onto itself to make a 1" double-thickness edge along the channel's length. This made them way more rigid. I didn't have to weld anything on.

I keep looking at these drawings, and can't see how someone could reproduce these from what I have presented, so I am going to measure what I have here, and add to it..

The added 3/4 x 3/16" strap used were drilled, tapped and installed using 1/4-20 button-head allen screws, with the heads filled to look like rivets, (34 of them per channel)....my forearms looked like Popeye's after drilling and tapping 68 holes that day!


Thanks, David