Cab12 Radiator brace bar? Measurement overall?

[Barry Churcher]

Hi Alex
That part is still on the truck and if you want it I can get it off in the next couple of weeks. PM me your address and I will get it in the mail for you. Three of the original countersunk screws are still there so I can load the torches in the tractor and heat them up and save them if you want. A free original is better than having to make one. Too bad we didn't know this last year and we could have done this when we met for a beer in the Netherlands.
Barry

[Bob Carriere]

..... and you are keeping it cool so it will not spoil.

Nice to see that you are out there playing with your toys.

Grant and I have gotten into the habit of making up parts whenever we have an original...... rather copy the part and save the original.

Alex...... I believe that the cast bracket has raised part numbers.... easiest way to see if they are the same.

I have rebuilt my cab 11 incorporating all the cab 12 features ( except the nose) that I could find that would make the cab 11 better....the gas filter, the under the floor rear corner reinforcement plates, the radiator bar, adapted my modern 261 to run with a steam tube, installed r-Zeppa front axle u joints, used a 216 distributor for looks and spacing, adding extra metal bracing to the top to keep it solid longer, beefed up the door frame where they usually crack near the latch mechanism, beefed up the upper corners of the windshield pipe frame with solid metal bar inserts, installed a hidden radiator expansion tank( mine did not have one).............
........... so by now it is a cab 11 and a 1/2.

To be truthful, I had more fun building it than I have driving it. May be time to look for a second project.

Bob C

[Alex van de Wetering]

Barry, that's very kind, but....yes, there is a but....I was offered another original brace yesterday by Pete Ashby, which is already coming my way. Once again it shows the power of MLU! So, Barry, I really appreciate your offer, but please save the brace for a future project.

Too bad we didn't know this last year and we could have done this when we met for a beer in the Netherlands.

Yes, that would have been best....but at that time I thought the fitment issues of cab 11/12 sheet metal was something only others had

so by now it is a cab 11 and a 1/2.

Bob, maybe you should have aimed for cab 11 and 1-1/2.....maybe that would mean less trouble fitting cab panels and more room in the cab

My plan is too keep as much cab11 features as I can...and also stay 216 with 6 volt, but maybe the cab12 brace is the first step to a more custom cab11.

thanks for all help guys!
Alex