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Wow, I coulda' had a V8!
 Thanks, Phil! I hope I don't step on anyone's toes here. Posting this kind of stuff on a serious restoration forum is like walking through a mine field with clown shoes on... Certainly don't want to get "voted off the island". Thanks, David Last edited by David DeWeese; 24-11-11 at 06:10. 
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 As for the rest I think the other blokes have summed it up pretty well You have done an excellent job. Great to see it up and about   About time I pulled my finger out
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Have a good one  Andrew Custodian of the "Rare and Rusty"
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storage lockers...
Thanks Andrew and Jim!
Had some free time to work out the storage lockers that go between the cab and rear body on the Duple-bodied C8. I had no plans to go by, only one period photo of the truck, and very few photos of restored examples for reference. Add in the fact that all the lockers in the photos appeared different from each other and... The Duple-bodied Morris had a locker arrangement with a pressed "X" pattern on one of the doors that appealed to me, so I decided to go that route. Made the framework to mount the lockers over the fuel tanks out of angle iron and the sheetmetal was used from my first failed attempt at making a rear body, which I had stuffed back in a sea container here a year ago. Glad I kept it as the sheetmetal was all just about the right size for this project. The pressed "X" pattern on the locker doors were donated from an old 5-gallon US fuel can I had laying around. Not exact, but I like it!  Thanks, David p.s. Does anyone have any photos of the spare tire carrier I might use for reference? Last edited by David DeWeese; 06-03-12 at 05:04. Reason: forgot to thank Andrew for his comment, and removed b.s.
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05-03-12, 06:54
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06-03-12, 05:30
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Amazing....simply amazing...
Beautiful Dave........ particularly the grafting of the gerry can stamped X.... who would have though......
Glad to see you posting again....... makes for interesting read !!!! Bob
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09-03-12, 19:43
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Thanks Andrew for the photos and Bob for the kind reply!
After some hard thought last night I decided to probably change the locker doors out for a single one that's more original looking.... Even though the photos I have show differences in the lockers, hinge and latch placement, the one thing they do have in common is they DO NOT have any "X" stamped doors on them,(photos). Although my truck is modified mechanically, I have tried to make it look the part externally to the best of my limited ability. A modified drivetrain you can't see, an incorrect storage locker you can. Anyway, what's a few more hours labor at this point to get it right.  Thanks, David
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