my 53 had pop rivets
bill 53-3600 hot rod
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From: Hudson29@aol.com <Hudson29@aol.com>
To: old-chevy-truck@onelist.com <old-chevy-truck@onelist.com>;
oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 12:16 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Front Name Plate Fixings
> Rob had suggested that perhaps he had a repop name plate because his
>fixings were studs and nuts while mine were the round headed (maybe button
>headed) clutch drive screws. Bob ADler had mentioned that he saw studs and
>nuts (well rusted) in his upstate New York location.
> While we might be talking about year to year variations, I have my
doubts
>as he has doubtless seen many '51s before. My guess is we are looking at
>regional variations. My truck was built in Van Nuys, CA while the majority
of
>the ones in NY would not have been. It may not have even been a planned
>variation. Perhaps one bright winter morning (it's always bright in SoCal)
in
>November of 1951 the name plate stud bin ran low, perhaps because of Korean
>War shortages, or perhaps just because, and the bin was filled with
something
>that happened to be handy and would work. That sort of thing happens in
>manufacturing.
>
>Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com
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