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have on it when you bought it? Mine has 86,245 on it, and some on here said that it already looked better then their's that they'd had for a long time.

the odometer said 39000 i think, but i had to dig around in a box to find it.the inspector for the out of state inspection, so i could get my ohio title .failed to see the humor in this.it also could have been because the ankle deep slush and muck was over the top of his shiny black shoes. i chuckled. .............dave

94,xxx

The first '42 that I brought home has just over 13,000 miles. It was originally a fire truck on a Naval base during WW2. That explains the low miles. I talked to a previous owner, and he confirmed it to be accurate. The others range between 55,000 and 90,000 miles.

John

Dont know, haven't opened the box with the instrumentation in it yet to know. Title has "n/rcrd" in the odometer section.

The '66 had 81,000 something on it. The '70 had about 123,000
anyway the odometer read 23,000 so I'm guessing it flipped over.

My '55 said about 49,000 on it when I got it. I assumed it was at least 249,000 but with a 50-year-old truck who knows.

My Dad bought a 1931 Model A Ford pickup in 1941 to carry mail in. I have no idea how many miles was on it when he got it but he drove it 135 miles a day (and I re-drove the route a few years ago and verified that) six days a week plus church and whatever on Sunday for the next 12 years. A rough compilation is that he put over 700,000 (seven hundred thousand miles) on it before he retired it. Probably every mechanical part on it got replaced during that time but the body held out.

Just over 64,000 miles. I think it made at least one trip to a processing plant with some hogs. (found receipt in glove compartment, dated 1969)

1949 94,225 all orginal. was a grain truck for local Co-op. used to haul grain. i put the regular bed on it. my friend i bought the truck for bought it from orginal owners son. mileage is correct.

1948 Fire Truck odometer says 32k I think... Being a fire truck, I believe it, but the truck is pretty rough, but then again it lived its whole live in a semi-salty air environment, so I believe it!
Yes, your truck looks VERY good!
Laterz,
Gator
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48 1ton, 48,xxx miles but I know it isn't right because I found the state inspection paper from 1986 and it says 48,xxx.

20,232

79,000, and just about every one of those from right there on the farm. Several trips to OKC to the packinghouse with some cattle, weekly trips to the CoOp for feed, and we had some pasture ground about 50 miles from the house where it hauled alfalfa bales and sack feed for the critters. Grandma was a lil' short thing and could hardly see over the dash. That explained why the doors were always caved in...trying to clear the cattle guard. And the fenders were rubbed raw from the cattle rubbing against them when we came into the fields. Worked hard. But it was my transportation in high school, and though it worked as hard as it did, it was what I had for Prom night.

The odometer on my truck says 2,048 but I don't think that's right.

No Idea ! ....dont know how many speedos been in it over the years.
I lucked out in the fact my truck was a Texas truck ....very little corrosion , I would say goin by corrosion it would have abought 40 thousand PA miles on it ...lol

53,XXX when I bought my '48 3100 in 1990. It now has 53,XXX +1, because it's still not on the road except for several trial runs around the neighborhood. Soon, though, it'll be "finished."

'54 says 96xxx but the speedo hasn't worked in years.

i've put about 7,500 on my 39 since 2001

Mine says 99 thousand & a few over that. That means when I get it running I have less than a thousand miles to drive and I get a new truck?

236000.

My '54 GMC shows 74,500 miles.

The odometer read 3260, if memory serves, when I got my '56 in 1972. I'm guessing that it was on it's third or fourth trip around,
judging by what it did for a living. It delivered APO mail in Maryland and Virginia. After I got it, I drove it all over the country. I remember rolling the odometer three times myself, at least. That took two used, replacement 235s, several transmissions, and a rear end, plus lots of other stuff. I think I drove it through 40+ of the lower 48, plus Canada and Mexico. I think it's
got over 700,000 miles on it conservatively!