John,
On the GMC's there were two styles of birds, one for the 55-57 (vertical
bars over the intake next to the nose), 58-59 (horizontal bar over the
intake next to the nose). At least that is my understanding, someone
please correct me if this is wrong.
Jim V.
58 GMC - Suburban Carrier Pickup - V8 Automatic
p.s. I am still looking for a filler tube for the hydramatic.
At 10:57 AM 5/8/99 Saturday -0400, JWSuther1@aol.com wrote:
>Hi Everyone - Couple of questions on Hood Birds. I have two that I
>recently acquired from a gentleman in Walnut Cove, NC who is in the process
>of crushing 400 plus cars and trucks on his unapproved junk yard. Yes, there
>are several AD and TF trucks in the bunch and when I found out about it over
>half of them were crushed. He was really angry because the state is making
>him do this and these were mostly vehicles that were driven on the property
>for the last thirty years and not wrecks. He would not sell anything but
>after we talked awhile he said he would put a few Chevy trucks to the side. I
>went back up there yesterday evening and he saved 1 59 Chevy step and 1 48 or
>49 1 ton I believe.
>Back to my question - He gave me two hood birds the first one is P/N 3731752
>and also has the following stamped in a circle Made In USA BLC E the
>dimensions are 10 1/2" wing tip to wing tip and 10 1/2" fuselage nose to tail
> and he said it was off of a 56 Chevy Stepside
>The other is P/N3705035 and in a circle stamped Made In USA BLC also 2 is
>stamped towards the rear. 5 3/4" wing tip to wing tip and 17 1/2" fuselage
>nose to tail. He said this was off of a 55 1st series GMC. I didn't think
>they made a GMT 55 1st series???
>Any help identifying these would be appreciated.
>
>Best Regards - John Sutherland
>59 Chevy short fleet
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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