The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Big Bolts Spanky, did you see this one?

The VIN Cruncher says it's a late 1946 (made in May '46) in Atlanta, GA with an original wheelbase of 158".

Not sure about the VIN crunch on that one, that is clearly not a 46 COE.

No wing windows and early door handles. Could be as early as '47 and as late as '50.

That's a 1947. Q=1947, R=134"in. wheelbase. S= special 15000lb. 1 1/2 ton. I blew the picture up, & that first letter, is a "Q".

I eMailed the guy, and he thinks the number is 6 RSE 1026, which would be a '48 2 ton COE made in May in Oakland (according to the cruncher).

I thought from the pic of the plate that it was 8SPE.. which is why the cruncher told me a '46

I just blew it up to get a better look.. that first character sure looks like a 6.

[img]http://www.geekoasis.com/turtle/coe.jpg[/img]

what a bunch of nut cases...spendingour days attempting to figure out the date on ssome desert rat truck cab!

Hah! we're all infected with "Old truckitus" Bad!

Old Coes

Hmm, You blew it up larger than I was able to. Yep, that's definitely a 6. Will your VIN cruncher do anything with the'47-'55 special 1 1/2 ton 15000lb. COE, with the "S", in the ID number.

The VIN Cruncher data is based on the data on The Stovebolt TechTips section regarding "decyphering" the vin/serial number.. altho thanks to a few fellow members, some of that data has been corrected.

I don't believe there was any data on that page in regards to an "S" prefixed number.

Nut cases? Don't you mean BOLT Cases? ...g

Go to the back of any, '47-'54 Chevrolet Operators Manual, & check out the, Load Capacity Chart. You'll see reference to the "S" prefix, being the special order 15000lb. 1 1/2 ton COE's.

Being just a cab, it's irrelavent whether it's a 5100, or a 5700, or a special, since there's no chassis to match the number.

The RS prefix is for the regular '48 5700. The special would be a three letter prefix (with the extra S), as in RSS.

That guy just eMailed be back again.. he has his grandfathers '57 truck in a barn he hopes to restore one day.. so of course I told him about The Stovebolt Page, and told him we'd be glad to have him.

Now, tell the truth!

You would be glad to have his truck--the '57, that is!

By the way, every gaggle of collectors has its number crunchers, so all y'all ain't no different from the Lionel collectors and such.

Y'ought to hear the discussions in the model railroad field about engines, freight cars and passenger cars. Dreadnaught ends, AB vs. K brake systems, National or Bettendorf sideframes on the trucks (no, "truck" on a railcar is the entire wheel and frame system supporting the car), number of rivets in some obscure place (yep! they're known as "rivet counters"), the style of air filters on an engine, and whether the presence of a 10-3-2 "Blue" series Pullman in a photograph dated the train as before or after December 12, 1952 or some such date.

Makes my eyes roll back in my head.

Old Fender guitar collectors are the exact same way.