40/41 Truck cab measurements.

[kimbercarrier]

I'm working on piecing my cab back together with a new floor.
Can anyone give me a measurement from inside door post edge to the other inside door post at the lower hinge? (Cab width)

Please attach a picture so I can see precisely how you measured.

Also if some one had a picture of how the cab corners should be shaped that would be great, I'm trying to make the radius correct using Howell patches......

Thanks!

 

[GB SISSON]

I have a couple of '42-'47 cabs behind my shop. Folks have always said they are the same as '40-'41 cabs other than some holes for the front clip. Anybody know if they'd be the same? If so I will measure tomorrow and report back.

 

[mercurycyclone]

See attached.

 

[mercurycyclone]

See attached.

 

[pistonbroke]

Gary, all the replacement tin is the same and I know the doors and glass interchange so I would say the dimensions are the same. Tim

 

[GB SISSON]

I forgot how many of these I had around the place... I measured 5 of them. The sixth is the foyota's factory cowl. Which was slightly modified in that area. To measure the width I cut a stick at 40 1/2". This cut was plumb on the rear face. Looking at the stick in plan view(from above) it has a 5 degree back cut.
On my avatar tonner the stick presses in at the center of the hinge vertically(middle screw) and stays. In the woodie it works out to 40 5/8" as stick has 1/8" end gap. In Oscar(a parts truck) It is snug at same point and on both cab in the woods the stick becomes tigh at abour center of top screw in the hinge. So I will say they vary from 40 7/16" yp 40 5/8". If I were installing a floor I would pick 40 1/2" between piller at rear center of hinge.

 

[expavr]

Using the same location on the 40 Tonner hinges for checking the cab measurements that Gary used I came up with 40 5/8". Using 40 1/2" as Gary suggests should be a safe X check to get you close.
Photos of cab corners are attached.

 

[kimbercarrier]

Thank you for the excellent photos and measurements!

I'd like to try and get my hands on that book pictured also!

 

[GB SISSON]

Do you have James Wagner's 'Ford Trucks since 1905'? If not, you need one. I think it's out of print. Amazon or ebay will have one.