chevy bed mounting

[bobc]

I picked up the 9 foot wooden bed the other day and was looking at it,it looks like it was mounted right to the frame,CCKWs have a large wood block that sit between the bed and frame. Did the chevy bed sit on a block? anyone with a picture? None of the pictures I can find show low enough angle to see. Thanks Bob.

[dr deuce]

I am trying to remember what my 42 cargo had before I took the body off. I don't seem to recall any wooden blocks like the CCKW has. Maybe it was just the bolts on the springs.

Steve AKA Dr Deuce

[joel gopan]

The Steel Cargo Bodies sat on those Wood Fillers, the fillers had a series of holes drilled near the front to clear the rivets on the chassis, the Wood Cargo Bodys had deeper sills and did not use the fillers as on the Steel Cargo Bodys. There were a series of holes drilled into the sills of the Wood Cargo Bodys to clear the frame rivets.
Joel

[dr deuce]

I think we are talking about 2 different things here:

1. The wood strips on the frame with the holes in them to allow the steel body to clear the rivet heads.

2. The wood in steel channels on the LWB CCKWs that sat on the frame up front that has the bolt thru them with a spring on it so that the truck frame could twist w/o distorting the cargo body.

BTW: Be extreemly careful with a steel cargo on the frame w/o the wood strips. It is like riding on ball bearings (rivet heads) and may go in any direction at any time....

Steve AKA Dr Deuce

[joel gopan]

Read my post again, The Steel Cargo Body rested on Wood, The Wood Cargo Body had deeper frame rails made of wood, and were drilled to clear the rivets, the Wood Cargo Body did not require (use) the extra filler strips. This goes for all WWII Cargo bodied trucks, GMC, Chevrolet, Studebaker, REO, Diamond T, Mack, White, Corbett, etc. I realize that CCKW LWB, had a set of special spring mounted front brackets, and no wood sills for the first three feet, but the gist of this all is that the body rests on wood.
Joel