Open cab canvas top(shop van & cargo)

[Fernando Mendes]

It is logical that the open cab shop van body has not the window in canvas top.My question is:Is the cargo body canvas top WITH or WITHOUT window?

[Corne Lauwerijssen]

are you talking about the end curtains?? They have windows.

[awg]

Hi Fernando,

maybe you are talking of the driver cabin canvas that goes behind the driver, in the vertical plane.

I have considered this, as it would greatly aid rear vision, IF NO rear
cargo body canvas is fitted, to have a "window" here.

however it would not be much good if the full front and rear cargo body canvas is fitted, as rear vision is then reliant on side mirrors alone.

all the pics show the canvas with no windows

I thought to get one made with a roll-up flap, but cause my CCKW
has a list of non-originalities as long as your arm, it would not be much of a concern

[Cat Man]

Hello Fernando,

I get to Brazil around Minas Gerais once in a while on business. Have seen a few Historic Military Vehicles there but I'm usually too busy looking at the pretty Brazilian girls. What a wonderful country.

About the no rear view window in the rear cab canvas. Here are a couple of thoughts. Our 1945 open cab dump truck has a solid wood head board. I have seen pictures of them in WWII and Korea with a "window" cut thru.
Since the small round rear view mirrors are so poor to see astearn, I'm going to make that cut out in the head board behind the cab. I have two cab bows, one with the solid rear canvas attached (NOS) and then a spare one without canvas. In the summer I put on the cab bow without the rear canvas and fit the top as a sun shade. Much cooler to drive.

I had a late 1945 353 cargo truck once, with a very original cab. It had a factory installed automotive style rear view mirror that was bolted to the top of the windshield frame in the middle. Still have it. Always wondered if the very late rear canvas had a rear window? Look at the top of the windshield frame and see if there is an extra hole in the center. It's for that rear view mirror.

The mirror is shown standard in the July 1945 Ord 9 Supply Catalog. The canvas rear panel in the same illustration does not have an opening or rear window. Try and understand that??? But no rear window in the canvas back is what is in the parts book.

Have Fun

Cat Man