I'm restoring my 53 1ton and have a problem. I swapped a different cab and it appears to be from an earlier truck. It has a side vent on the drivers side, which I think was discontinued in 50 or 51. The problem is that the entire vent assembly is out of the body, and I don't know how it's supposed to go back in. I have the door, hinge, and lever assembly, and what looks to be a mounting plate. I think the mounting plate should be welded into the side of the cab, but I don't know exactly where, or how to get inside to weld it. Anybody ever dealt with this? The factory assembly manual I have is obviously for a later year, so has no information on this.
Thanks for any help.
Tim

I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.

Tim