Reference: C15 s/n 2842129988 history and restoration

[rampant rivet]

Tried fitting nose shell to my C15 last night and had some difficulty due to the fact that I think I had fitted the radiator too low down.
Can anyone tell me the height of spacer fitted between radiator and chasssis crossmember please ?

Cheers RR.

[aj.lec]

hello
the one on friends c15a is 1.5"
consists of 2flat plates with rubber spacer in between
not quite sure if it is original
if that helps
doing a great job on yours it looks a treat
congratulations

sorry correction on the rubber it is one solid steel piece

[Keith Orpin]

Andy,
The twin bobin arrangement, made from steel on your friend's Chevy is correct.
R.R. From memory, it's about 1 1/2" deep, I'll see if I can measure mine tonight to confirm
Keith

[rampant rivet]

Thanks for your help and pix will make something up to lift the rad by required amount.
Will post some pics tomo as the truck is being inspected by the dvla prior to it having an age related reg No. and being exempted from Mot

Cheers RR.

[Gunner]

As an interim solution try old hockey pucks... should be available in Blighty and the rubber is both hard enough for this application and can be drilled (freeze it first, makes the drilling easier).

Good luck, your work is amazing!

Mike

[Phil Waterman]

One of my trucks which I do not think had been apart prior to my getting it the rubber isolator was obviously cut the side wall of a truck tire. So, I suspect that this may have been one of the few actual uses they found for old tires collected in the scrap drives.

[Grant Bowker]

Old tire sidewalls have also been seen as isolators between transfer case and frame and are also one of the materials used at the forward can mounts for Cab 13. What was on any given truck for cab isolation seems to have depended on whether they were shorter of spring steel or rubber products at the time the truck was made. The service bulletins make reference to both types of cab isolator. A Cab 12 seen at Bob Carriere's field of dreams had strips of wood (oak?) along the top rail of the frame under the cab, too long to make out of single tire sidewall, even three pieces wouldn't be likely.

[rampant rivet]

Interesting you should mention front cab insulaters made from tyre sidewalls as that is the material I am going to use on my 13 cab front mountings.
I need to sort out the method of attaching rear body to chassis with I think packing pieces between wooden runners and top of chassis rail.
Any ideas gratefully received, and thanks for the encouragment had some good news yesterday as I have now sorted out an age related reg No. free road tax and exemption from MOT testing, there is a god after all

Cheers RR