Another quick check of the shocks will tell if it is 49 or earlier or 50 or
later; 49 or earlier-lever arm shocks, 50 or later-tube type shocks.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Gingles <agingles@nucleus.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 47 or 51 Mystery...
> K & B wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> Ken,
>
> One quick way to tell a '47/48 from the later AD's is the placement of
> the gas tank. On a '47 and '48 it's under the box, with the filler neck
> on the passenger side box side just above the splash apron. On '49 and
> later the tank is in the cab. Hope this helps!
>
> Alan Gingles
> 1948 Chevy 1314
> http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
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