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Some pics of a surviving Indian Pattern Chev. I don't know if the dashboard is the same as used in the 1533X2 Chevs.
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Note that the roof doesn't actually join the windscreen, being just a canopy over the Driver. The support hoop can be removed leaving the Driver exposed, but the load space covered.
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Thanks guys, great info!
![]() Now, I really thought I’d got it sussed. The pics that Cletrac first posted proved to me that the 1533 Chev was an open cab truck. Then I got thrown a swerved ball/bowled a googlie (depending on whether you follow baseball or cricket!) by the photo of the LRDG truck, the one with the guy ‘firing’ the Vickers K. If you look at the ‘door post’ near his holster there is a door striker catch. This part at least looks like a cut-down closed cab. I am totally confused now! The 1533’s used by the LRDG appear to have an open cab dash/windshield area (flat like an open cab) but a cut down closed cab rear. For my sanity can anyone offer any comment? |
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![]() Compare this all steel panel on the factory made truck to the photo showing the 'Indian Army' truck which is wood.
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Thanks Cliff for putting me right, very informative. This forum is a great place to increase ones knowledge.
So, if one was to re-create a LRDG Chev, a good start would be to mate an open cab GMC front (converted to RH drive) to a cut down closed cab rear? The reason for asking is that I recently acquired a 1 1/2 ton Chev and was contemplating doing this as a project. Now I better understand how the trucks were first built, it gives me a better idea of the task in hand. Regards to all. |
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I am not 100% certain but I think you will find the open cab GMC-CCKW cowl is totally different to the flat cowl Chev of the same period. For instance the Chev bonnet probably does not fit. The photo below is of a replica LRDG Chev in England I believe.
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Excuse me if I cry
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