Originally posted by Houston54:
Get the engine number and see if it matches. It should be a 216 for that year. I am surprised the engine has any color but black though on something that old unless he has pulled the engine and repainted it.
Thanks for the info...again this guy says this truck is all original and it does indeed look VERY good, but not restored good. Certainly the undercarriage is dirty and a little rusty, but the overall outside of the truck looks like you could give a wash and you are ready to go in a parade and look pretty good doing that. I know of this guy and really have no reason to doubt his word.
I was just thinking that from all the reading I have done that in the 1940 to 1954 vintage cars and trucks the car engines were always painted blue, like a medium royal blue; and the truck eingines were painted gray like a battleship gray. The replacement engine I have for my '41 truck came from a '48 chevy sedan and it is blue. I was going to paint it gray before putting it in the truck....maybe not???
Is the engine number that you are referring to the casting number behind the starter? Should that match the serial number on the title?
Thaks for your help!
Kevin
