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Did any of the Art Deco series tail gates have the raised word Chevrolet in script on them? I see one on e-bay listed as a '41 with the raised letters. Both my '41 and '46 gates are smooth with no letters.

Mike

Hey Mike,

Smooth is stock. Raised script re-pops are available.

The one on e-bay has been listed as an original in good cond. It has some surface rust and looks old. This guy must have tried to distress it and sell as a genuine antique.

Mike

The earlier '37-'40 had the raised script stock, for whatever reason the '41-'46 were smooth as mentioned. So it could be an original gate from an earlier truck. But be careful as I seem to recall the width of the beds were narrower in '37-'38 trucks. Maybe '39 also?

From what I understand there are 2 bed sizes in 1940. One is 3/4 in wider than the other. the wider one is the later model and is supposed to be the same as 41-46. This was information I got from Mark K co. I believe.
Diego

I forgot. My 40 is the later model and the gate has the raised lettering. so you might be looking at a 40 gate
Diego

That little thing in history known as World War 2. They were building so many of everything they started doing away with anything that added more steps to the production processes.

For instance, the Jeeps that Ford was making, at first they had Ford stamped on certain parts... but it was addin' steps to the production process, thus slowing up things, so they did away with it. It was actually Ford that came up with the stamped grill of the Jeep that everyone knows and loves - the original grill was a wire grate unit.

So... lots of things made during that time period were made simple and to the point.

-W