For what it's worth, the GVW rating on AD trucks is not stamped on the data plate, but painted on, as the "00" is on your repop data plate.

Not sure whether it would be the same on the earlier trucks, but that would be a dead giveaway of a reproduced data plate on a restoration to an official inspecting it (assuming they were familiar with the older data plates.


Kevin
1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car)
Busting rust since the mid-60's
If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.