Got the truck back home today, and while cleaning out the seat high pack rat debris and such I opened the glove box to find the ORIGINAL ARIZONA TITLE!!! It says the truck is a 1951, not a 1953. It says the model is a 353-24C as I had originally expected, and it is a one owner vehicle. I will clean off the block casting numbers once I get it off the trailer and we will see if it is the 248 I expect it to be…
Also, I originally thought it had RH5 widow makers on it, but they appear to be 3 piece lock ring wheels…