I'd say check the serial number to learn what year it is. If the doors are
wrong for the year, someone changed the doors.
I watched a friend swap doors on his '50 back in the 70's because he wanted
wing windows and push button door handles. With these 50 year old trucks if
something doesn't seem right, I'd guess someone changed it....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Burnett" <laburnett@earthlink.net>
To: "Ole Truckers" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:49 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Introduction and a question
Greeting from VA,
Just joined the list yesterday, and have already grabbed a wealth of
information from the archives. I recently aquired my very first project, a
1950 or 51 AD 5-window, and towed it across country when I moved from CA to
VA. Overall, the truck's in pretty good shape. Brakes are new, engine runs
prety nice, only one bad spot of rust, and it's small. Unfortunately,
before I can drive it around out here quite yet, as the king pins are shot,
and won't pass state inspection.(my plan is to do one piece at a time while
still driving her, rather than tackle the frame-off right off the bat)
Now, my first (of many) question is this. All the glass is good except for
one wing vent. I've looked online for this replacement, but the only
listings for vent glass are for 51-53. My truck was sold to me as a 1950,
but does the 18950 have wing vents? Or is it probably a 51 based on this?
Thanks in advance, and brace yourselves for more:-)
-Larry
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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