15-CWT, 2K1, WIRE 5 Body Details

[David Dunlop]

Rich.

I ran into the same problem when planning the replacement of the ply in my 2K1. Even when moved to the centre of the floor at the high point of the roof arch, no way to tip it over. Had to keep shoving it around to work around it.

I suspect they must have placed the Gen Box into the 2K1 bodies before dropping the roof assemblies down on top of the rest of the structure. Once the spot welding and all the screws were in place securing the two body components, the interior ply was probably added and the Gen Box secured in it's corner and the painting done.

By the way, with regards to the armour cable and Bus Bar running from the Gen Box, the armour cable was all painted white and all it's fittings. From the Bus Bars I was able to examine, they all showed signs of white paint on them to some degree, but when you looked at the red cylindrical stand off insulators behind it that the mounting screws pass through to mount it to the wall, you could see they were all oversprayed and the paint was always thin to non existent on the bottom edge of the Bus Bar and insulators. The insulators look like a red resin or bakelite and were probably a common electrical bits. The terminal strips and actual wire cables were the only unpainted wiring inside the body.

Boy! I would love to find an old local electrical shop that has been around for decades and see if they had any 30's and 40's electrical supplies catalogs still kicking about. Can't help but think virtually all of the stuff in these boxes was off the shelf.

David