The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline 54 3600 Dually. What am I getting myself into?

The VIN on the driver's side post of my '48 is: 21FRC1812.
21 = Janesville
F = 1948
R = 3600
C = March
1812 = Production Number (Starting at 1000 but, according to one other source, starting at 1. Who cares.)

Your '54 would follow a different code, such as: J54J000001.
First J = 3600
54 = Obvious.
Second J would be for Janesville. Other letters for other locations.
Then, production number.

This comes from the "Chevrolet Pickup Red Book." What's your VIN?

We lived in Whitewater from 1976-79. I wish I had known about my future interest in Stovebolts. I would have tried to talk to folks who had worked in the Janesville plant making these trucks.