Also look for any sales materials... swap meets, online auction places... some of the vendors sell reprints of some of that material.
Also go check out the Gallery section:
gallery section, 1940's trucks The
Vintage Chevrolet Club of America ( VCCA) is all about stock vehicles, contact them to find out if they have information about the old trucks that is available to their members.
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p.s. for parts vendors look under links, then parts.