Hi Folks-
Just got back from a long weekend of checking out ole trucks for myself! I'm
happy to report that I'm getting very close to buying a couple of projects!
Took my son with me today and he gave me the "stamp of approval" to buy the
two trucks I examined two weeks ago! Hey... this time... no hornet stings!
But here's the problem ... With all that I've learned so far from reading
the list... one has to be a 51 and the second a 52, but the current owner
swears the first is a 47 not a 51!
The only way I think that's possible is if the doors were taken from a 51
and put on a 47. The doors have the vent windows and the turn-down, lever
type handles (which I thought make it a 51). It's also a 5 window cab. I
explained why I thought the truck might be a 51, but he thought what I
offered was wrong.
However... the owner seemed to make a very strong point for the doors being
original... the truck belonged to his uncle and he never had any major work
done to it! When I asked if his uncle was the original owner he said no...
the 2nd owner. I then asked what year his uncle bought the truck. He
thought it might have been 1952... when he got the second one... new.
(Humm... enough time to swap the doors?) He's got the title and some written
history of the truck... and hopes to shed more light on this mystery next
week sometime.
Any help from the list? Am I way off base here? Am I missing something?
Is there a foolproof way to rule out one or the other?
BTW... none of this will keep me from buying the two trucks if we agree on a
final deal... I'm just interested in knowing the correct info.
Any help would be great.
TIA-
Ken
Also... just like Jeff Clark posted earlier... the "47 or 51 Mystery truck"
also has a small rain shield/visor type thing above the vent window. Do
multiple years have this, or is it unique to just one year?
K&B
Father & Son 1959 Apache Fleetside Truck Project in NJ
apache58truck@hotmail.com
Everyone asks:
Why the 58 in the e-mail address if the truck is a 59?
Our only reply:
When we bought it they told us it was a 58. When we
discovered it was really a 59... it was too late to
change the address! Plus, someday we might buy a 58 too! :-)
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