So all the men went off to war in 1942. The only ones left at the stamping station there 4-F'ers.
The 46 is right exactly where the "MAX. GROSS WEIGHT" would be: "4600 LBS."
He lost the May "E" letter down a crack and used 5.... and he thought he was supposed to give the day "6". Wednesday...or that plant decided to use month year or year month numbers.....or month day/day month. Could also be the 56th day of the year which covers day and month. In 42 that is Feb 25th, Wednesday. Could explain low production number.
If that factory started truck production numbers at 1001, yours is the 2nd one built for civilians.
Norwood built Army trucks from 42-45.
VIN 9MS37 1427 ........ This is a vin found on the web for a Chevy Truck back then, showing the same convention you have: a "5digit-4digit" alpha numeric numbering stamp. This comes back as 1942 also. 37 is Feb 6 Friday. Also Norwood, higher production number but built before yours. But this is a 1 1/2 T war size truck.
Yours does come back as also possibly built in 44-45. It's a Friday in 44 and Sunday in 45.
