anyone know If I can buy the straps and bracket that go on the bed bow corner by themselves. Out out of six corners only three have straps. Of the three that don't two are missing the bracket itself.
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anyone know If I can buy the straps and bracket that go on the bed bow corner by themselves. Out out of six corners only three have straps. Of the three that don't two are missing the bracket itself.
teking, with all due respect, "what the hell are you talking about?"
I guess the bed bows are the arched horizontal wooden pieces, adn the corners ar the steel dudes aht connect the uprights to the bows. By "strap", do you mean the little steel plates taht set the height of the uprights, keeping them from sliding too far into the troop seat uprights?
My corners (steel dudes) have a hole in the center of each one. Attached there is a bracket that has a strap about 1 foot long. It is made from the same material as the pioneer straps. Even has the same metal tip as the pioneer straps. Definitely stock. Perhaps PowerWagon stock. To confuse more. One of the straps I do have is leather. Indicating it is older than the canvase ones. Perhaps a WWII bow corner. I doubt the bow corner designs have changed much over the years.
Look at the left front bow corner:
http://www.tomnlisa.com/files/M715.jpg[/img]
The bow are not cut down yet and do not have the stops mounted. That is why they are different heights.
The STOCK M715 setup is shown below. It does not show what you are asking about. The #16 strap in the 2nd diagram is for stowage of the bows when not on the truck. You must have a non M715 setup if these are part of it...at least as far as the manuals can be trusted.
brute4c
http://www.m715zone.com/manuals/34parts/fig116.jpg
http://www.m715zone.com/manuals/34parts/fig140.jpg
great info Jon,
But you can't just pop back in the tech stuff withoiut giving us an update on your knee.
Get at it.
Thanks,
Doug
Im working on that....its coming....this thread sorta needed a reply in my book though....
brute4c
Not sure what year the online manual is for, but I have noticed a lot of little things that are differant on my 1969, Engine and Body wise.
Man, I've never seen such a setup. Sorry I can't do any more than sit here and scratch my head...
The parts manual the above illustrations are from is dated November 1971.
brute4c
Lets have a list of what you have different engine and body wise from the manuals....sounds like we have gaps to fill.
brute4c
ok, the straps are late issue, and from what i believe were used. i was told by someone who drove one they are used to hold the sides of the cargo cover up in summer as a sun shield. new life resources and beechwood offer a "summer" cargo cover that uses those straps on the cargo bow corners to match on a cargo cover that has some type of clip,buckle,loop for that exact use.
Lee
That makes sense to me. Just like the HMMWV has straps to roll up the sides of the back canvas.
Hmmmm...guess we need a closeup of that stuff, if possible...
brute4c
i plan on buying a summer top and straps, one day
He might have Duce and a half bows and corners...They look like it. They would have a 3/8 course thread nut welded in to hold a canvas strap down. In the summer you could roll the sides of the cargo cover up and at the same point on the cavas cargo cover was the buckle end of the strap set...So you rolled up the canvas and the straps held them in place. M37s had the same thing. Not sure if M715s had them or not...Dosen't look like they did, but if you need straps contact WeeBee Webbing they have them, And they can get you the correct length etc.
Hope that helps a bit here.
I'll get a pic tomorrow .....Quote:
Originally Posted by brute4c
As promised:Quote:
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http://www.tomnlisa.com/files/bowcornerstraps.jpg
As promised:Quote:
Originally Posted by brute4c
http://www.tomnlisa.com/files/bowcornerstrap.jpg
Thats a good shot of it...thanks for posting it.
brute4c
M35 bow! You have duce and a half bows that have been cut down. Refer to my post about getting straps for them. This will and does work, but isn't "correct" for the truck. I would think the only time you'de have to worry about that if you were having it judged at a National MV show....:)
Actually the bows are M715 bows NOS from VPW. The corners are from another source. so likely as you say, different.Quote:
Originally Posted by k8icu
BTW ... thanks a bunch for all your help!