Info needed: TOOL BOX Chevrolet c15a no. 12

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Paul Edwards

Here's another question then: What's the larger loop on the cargo box behind the hoop loop?

If I undertand the question correctly, I believe you are looking at the double width loop just behind the single width loop. This is for storage of the two rearward hoops when not actually in place supporting the tarp. I'm not sure if they were strapped/tied together to reduce rattling.

[Paul Edwards]

Thanks Grant that makes sense.

Cheers,

Paul

[Bob Carriere]

In my opinion every production line modification/improvements on the cab 12 was a positive step in making the truck more practical and sturdier...

The geometry of the cab 11 is very weak.....without the doors...the cab is a box with no ends.... some Australian models tied a steel cable between the leading corners of the cab to the front grill....... the 1/2 inch plates were an improvements....so was the bar across the inside of the engine compartment....and the extra 5/8 of an inch space behind the back rest of the seat......... opening windshield...... water coolant expansion tank..... proper marking lights on the front fenders....... better fuel filler pipes...... what else am I forgetting....... a lot of these production line modifications were retro fitted to cab 11......

.....and the eventual cab 13 addressed even more issues...... like foot room.... padded round hatches to spare the ribs of observers.....

Cheers

[Lynn Eades]

what else am I forgetting.....
Bob, reflection from windscreen glass... Well you did ask.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

what else am I forgetting.....
Bob, reflection from windscreen glass... Well you did ask.

I was going to mention the alligator bonnet so you could actually see the petrol engine.

[Phil Waterman]

Not sure when the door hooks entered production on 11 and 12 Pattern but it sure does improve the air circulation in the cab running with the doors on the hook.


I've tried driving my Pat 12 with the doors held open on the hooks vs driving with the doors removed, with no top. I think the doors actually get more air on the driver and co-driver than with no door at all. Driving with the door off completely at 30 MPH is just scary even with seat belt.


Tried driving Pat 12 with side panels of the the nose removed and the doors on the hook and it felt like it was scooping the hot air from the engine into the cab. Same feeling driving without hood and the windshield open.



Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

....in North Africa....doors got lost....great for jumping out when shot at... grills were for cooking if you had wooden boxes, hood were a pain in maintenance so off they went...... windows lasted as long as they lasted but were never replaced...... bumbers were removed or shortened.....and some roofs blew away......results ...A large size British Geep....fuel filler modified so tall to be even with the toolbox height....


.....I have seen pictures of very early cab 11 on parade square with the doors wide open and tied to the cargo box....

Cheers

PS other cab 12 mods...... retaining straps to keep the suicide doors from being slammed against the cargo box....., no fuel filter inside the frame......
............ or maybe they were short of parts when mine was built!!!!

.....my cab 11, which always stayed in Canada, had no marker lights on the fenders, no hooks to keep the doors open while driving, no blackout light and no rear axle light, no water expansion tank, no roof hatch, rear window is glass and does not slide open.......


Cheers for the ODD ones!!!!!!