The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk NAVY OWNED, 1957 chevy short bed stepside truck

margie,
Welcome to the stovebolt. To help identify your truck it would be nice to know what the brass plaque in the door jam has written on it. Perhaps some veteran Stovebolters here would have knowledge of such stuff.
You say you have found that it was made in Norwood but the entire serial number may give more info.

In many cases like this we have to do what I call "the journey upstream" meaning finding the owner before your son bought the truck and then on "back" upstream until someone sheds some light.
Another clue could be the color...or the color underneath what you see. Many times a "military" vehicle will be of one color which is usually detectable under the hood, on door jams, under the bed, and even by the serial number and trim codes. If your son is mechanically inclined I believe on that year model there may be a number on the chassic??? So many questions. Be patient and don't give up.

There are several Stovebolters in Indiana so perhaps someone here will see your post and maybe come take a look.....

Not everyone stops in here at the WELCOME Centre so I will move this post to the General Truck forum to see if the guys there can shed some light on this.

Cletis, the moderator in General Truck forum, may see different and move it to the Greasy Spoon forum??..... Either way good luck on finding out the info you need.

This is interesting. I will be following this myself.