Dinodave,
Your Chassis Serial Number 5LR 8982 breaks down as follows;
5 = St Louis Plant
LR = 1930, 1-1/2 ton, 131" wb, first half (LS = second half)
8982 = unit number out of Plant 5
Your engine casting number is for a 1930 engine with a date code of J 9 9;
J = Month (August)(I don't believe they used the letter I)
9 = day
9 = year 1929
Your LR Series truck only had single rear wheels, the second half Series LS were the first to have optional duals.
I learned something new while doing this research, Chevrolet DID use "Universal" as a discription of their trucks on some of their literature. I had always thought that was a car thing only...guess I was wrong
Hope this helps,
Mike B
