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| | | | Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 138 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 138 | Can anyone tell me what rating my Panel Delivery is by looking at this placard? Vehicle Max Gross Vehicle Weight placard This is off my newly acquired 1937 GMC panel. For those interested, I've started a Project Blog in the Project Journal section of this website. Thanks for any insite on the placard. David | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,719 back yard wrench turner | | back yard wrench turner Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,719 | David, look at this site: 1937 specs I know this is for Chevrolet but it should be the same for GMC. It looks like they made 1/2 ton and 1 1/2 ton panel trucks. What is the wheel base? 112 inches is 1/2 ton. 131 1/2 is 1 1/2 ton.
Wayne1938 1-Ton Farm TruckStovebolt Gallery Forums1989 Silverado 1996 Mustang GT convertible When I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it! | | | | | Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 138 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 138 | Thanks for the reply Wayne. Mine is a 131.5 wheelbase. I failed to mention my GMC is Canadian T15 (it says so on the trucks I.D. plate) and I think the Canadian trucks have substantial differences. I found this document Canadian GMC info that shows " T-15 BODY CODE P, S ¾ TO 1 TON 131½ IN. WHEELBASE. So, I think it is a 3/4 ton or 1 ton but I can't tell anything from that plate in my original post. Maybe if someone had a similar MVGW on their truck they could solve the mystery. For instance, my 46, GMC 1/2 ton has a Max gross weight of 4600 pounds. If the empty weight of it is 3000# (the weight of a 1937 112" WB pickup) then I figure the difference between those two weights would be the allowable payload. In this case, 1600#s = 1/2 ton. For the 131.5 WB 1937 panel, it weighs 4200# ( from the link Wayne gave, I added the chassis + cowl weight to the panel body weight to get 4200#) and has a MVGW of 6000 which = a payload of only 1800 pounds. Not much more than the 1/2 ton truck. Obviously I can't make sense of it. | | |
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