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[oletrucks] What year is this sucker !??!!??!!??

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Subject: [oletrucks] What year is this sucker !??!!??!!??
From: "Jeff Davis" <jsd51@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 19:52:47 PDT
Hi all!

     Was hoping that maybe some of you guys with better knowledge of this 
kind of stuff can let me borrow some gray matter. This is my problem.When I 
bought this truck the po said it was a '51. The title also says it's a '51, 
however the doors have wing vents but also have push button handles( didn't 
realize that this was an identifying factor in the early stages). The bed 
had nine boards but I'm under the understanding that somewhere in '51 they 
changed from 8 to 9 so that could go either way.
     While trying to find the #'s on the door post I discovered that some 
psyco with a spray gun painted over the tag. The only thing I could do was 
to identify some stamped #'s on the tag. The numbers H53K  16850. According 
to the restoration guide this is a '53, built in Kansas City, and it's the 
15850th one built that year. But what is the "H" for.
    Also did I get a '51 with a '53 cab. If so is this going to be a problem 
with the Neo-DMV Nazis? Or am I reading all this wrong and I've actually got 
a '51 with '52+ doors? Is there any other way to tell the year besides the 
door tag.
     Besides the DMV Nazis I'll have to change my sign off. Please help!!!!

Jeff Davis
'51?? custom


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