Andy Here is another pic of that fitting on another ‘46. I don’t know for certain if it is an “original”, but do know the truck has taken high honors in judging done by “experts”. There is a subtle difference between this one and the one shown in my earlier post.
There, as we have discussed before, are subtle differences for a variety of parts on most of these old vehicles. It seems it is especially more likely for the ‘46 models because of production ramp up after the war. There were supply shortages and parts vendors were scrambling to change from producing war material to civilian products. Additionally, vehicle production plants might have had a different supplier for some parts and if a “common” part could be substituted for one of like application it was done. The demand for new vehicles was very high and the pressure to produce likewise.
