Just when we think somethings are cut in stone we find out
that there is nothing absolute about these trucks and the
production process of them back 65 years ago.
I just wish we could find more information documenting how
they were built other than the few pictures and Jam handy
tid bits that are left.
I went thru the same exercise when I was into antique radio
restoration, just some bits and pieces about the manufacturing
process are still around. The paint formulas and paint
patterns i.e., wrinkle, crinkle, crackle etc. and the
application techniques are long gone along with none of the
factory workers still living. No documentation or engineering
notes to be found either. Just look at the problems we have
with matching the original paints inside and out of our trucks.
So I think of those old radios and these trucks as being a lot
like a small scale or mini archaeological dig.
dg

Denny G
Sandwich, IL