Paul, Chevy Duty has a section on their webpage entitled, "What Year Is My
Truck?" The info in this section says that Chevy started using the number
designations in "late 1949", and stopped using them in 1952. Nothing is
mentioned about some models not having the numbers. Probably, some PO
swapped the hood. My '47 has a column shift...and nothing I can find says
that the column shift was offered before 1948. I think for many years,
there were not many suppliers for these old trucks. I think people just
went to the junkyards and got whatever they could find....from any year
available. Nice thing about your truck, you can use a drill...and the right
holes will miraculously appear in your hood! :-D
Tom Caperton
'47 2nd 3100
-----Original Message-----
From: Hudson29@aol.com
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 6:31 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] AD Hood Trim Confusion
> From what I have been able to glean from the standard sources, my '51 AD
3600
>should have both the CHEVROLET and the 3600 logos displayed on each side of
>the hood.
> Thanks to the kindness of one of our oletruck listees, I have found the
rare
>3600 logos and am about to order the CHEVROLET repops from one of our
>suppliers.
> The confusion arises from the lack of mounting holes on the side of the
hood
>for the numbers. There are two holes, and the spacing looks good for
fitting
>the maker's logo, but there are no other holes. My first thought was that
>somebody had swapped out the hood sometime in the past. The problem with
that
>theory is that the other '51s that I have seen recently all have the same
two
>hole only hoods. Is this really just some weird coincidence, or is it
possible
>that at least some '51s came with only the CHEVROLET and no numbers?
>
>Paul O'Neil,
>1951 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Project, See it at:
>The Poor Man's Advanced Design Tech Tips Page
>http://home.earthlink.net/~conntest47/
>Fullerton, California USA
>Hudson29@aol.com
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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