1940 Chev C15, Cab 11 restoration in Holland

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more vent work. In the vents back part there is a sort of grill and I had to make 2 new ones so I cut enough strips of sheed metal and bent these ad a little curve and welded them together.
then welded them in the back space of the vent body's and they fit yes
the inside I painted with textiel, because the rain water falls in it and drains ad the frontside so the inside is very well protected (I hope).
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here are some more pictures of the vents.
the large vent neaded to be dented out at some placeses and the inside was cleaned of rust. now the 4 vents are ready to be painted and screwed on to the roof of the radiobody.
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I started on a small vent / outlet cab that comes on the front side of the radiobody. as you can see on the first picture it was in a bad state, so I slowly took it apart and replaced the middel part and welded it inplace.
after the thing was painted it took it's place next to the small window on the front of the body.
I also started to make the mount for the 19 set's antenna that will be placed in the middel of the front part of the roof edge.
and I have to make a mount for the 19 set "B" antenna to, I am looking for the antenna itself so if some one nows one (for not to much money) tell me please.
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Hi guy's here are some pictures of the 19 set antenna mount that made.
I bent some sheet metal to size and drilled some wholes on the right place, made a wooden spacer to be placed under the antenna.
it was screwed on the roof above the window. this mount will fit the 19 set F antenna. now I am looking for a "B" antenna to mount next to this one.
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here are some more pictures of the vent openings on the roof, they are in place now only need some paint when it is not so cold.
after this I started to make new windowframes because the old ones where not there so after some long thought I came up with a plan to make them.
first i cut 10 strips of sheetmetal 4 inch wide and 1 meter long. I have to do 3 windows. they have to be bend in a "h" shape so, step 1: I bend the long side of the h
dubble for a strong part of the frame. because the screws are going through this part. step 2: now you can bend the "U" part of the frame where the glass comes in. to stay on the right size I used a square piece of pipe in the right size to hammer the sheet metal around.
I used some hardwood parts to klemp the sheetmetal in between so the bends are getting right and not bumpy.
it takes a lot of time to make but if you can't buy you have to make it your self. in this frame I put a rubberseal and the glass fits in this rubberseal.
(see the pictures in the next thread to)
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here are some more pictures of the windowframes and the tools I used.
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hi guys, now I have done the framestrips it is time to make the windows so I cut the whole in the side of the radiobody.
I cut it a littlebit smaller than the woodframe so I can bend the sheetmetal around the wood for a nice fit.
than it was time to cut the strips to size at a angle off 45 degree to make the frame nice and square. the strips are screwed to the body. in the framestrips I placed a rubber strip where the glass fits in, so it can slide in it to (one window). the glass I had with the body was still in it's old paper and the metal sides where bad so they where replaced and glued to the glass.
se the next thread to.
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