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#1183755 09/22/2016 8:16 PM
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I've always loved the coe trucks and yesterday I got to bring home my first coe. It's a 57 GMC cabover with 55k miles and a Pontiac 347 Engine. My wife and I went cruising in it last night and it was a lot of fun. She really enjoyed it. Hopefully I can do the pictures right. I can tell parts are going to be hard to come by. Not sure of my plans for it yet but I'd like to come up with a way to haul my 46 chevy 1/2 ton with it.

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jeremy
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fj1947, I don't know that much about GMC's but if that was a Chevy I think its a LCF (low cab forward) but I'm not going to bet on it!
Nice find and even better that the wife likes it.


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SWEET! Looks like you can't take that LF tire hunting!


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jf1947 #1183768 09/22/2016 10:04 PM
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Thanks guys, so this is a low cab forward truck? Shows how much I need to learn about these big bolts! Can you recommend a website that has some production info? BTW 69cuda someone also wrote "no trespassing" on one if the rear tires and painted the drive shafts like a barber pole


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I think the model might be an F 350-8 or an FM 350-8 (8 for V8 engine)

There was also a larger 370 model, and even larger LCF (Low Cab Forward - called COE in earlier years, pre-late 1955 Blue Chip GMCs)

Spanky and others might know the difference in series letters/numbers.


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That makes sense Tim because my serial number is F 354 8 T1071. Tag says 16,000 gvw & 32,000 gcw


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Low Cab Forward is a Chevrolet trademark name for what you have. GMC just called them the "F" series, they are technically not a COE as the cab is not over the engine.

GMC actually never stopped making COE's from the 1930's up into the 90's. Chevrolet didn't make a COE from 1955-2 to 1959, they brought it back in 1960 as the Tilt Cab.

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That is a really cool truck! Even better that the wife will go with you. Mine goes with me in mine sometimes and occasionally she will even drive it.


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