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I have a truck that has a clock in the glove box door. Its not a owner installed one . It looks factory or atleast dealer installed. Can any one tell me if this is indeed a rare item or a very old jcwhitney add on

I saw a post recently about clocks in the glovebox door of a 37. It seems that was not a pickup option but some folks were putting the glovebox door on the pickup from a 36 car.

Perhaps this could be somewhat the situation in you case.
Just a thought.

I didn't think of that. Thanks,

What year of truck are we talking about?

its a 49 or 50 3100. Its very plain with only that clock and a heater as options.

A clock was neither a factory option or GM accessory on 49-50 Chevrolet truck.

It would not have been too difficult to adapt a 53/54 car clock or 54/55 truck clock to fit on an earlier glove box door (a bezel could have easily been found, if needed).

Joe, to answer your question...what year?

Note I was referring to a recent post by someone asking about a clock in the glovebox door of a 37 pickup. Someone said it wasn't an option in 37 but some guys put a door off a 36 into the 37 pickup...or maybe just the clock into a 37 door?

Set us straight Joe, did a 37 pickup have a clock option??

No, it was not an option on the 37-38 pickup, but the practice of using the optional glove box door from a 36 Master car has been used by every one from me to whoever since they shared, by appearance, the same instrument panel. For that matter, the 36 truck also had the same panel as did the 39 truck, but the 39 truck had different faces on the instruments. It fits nicely and looks great. It adds balance to the entire instrument panel. Why not?
As a side note, the truck had a speedometer face which showed up to 80 MPH. The 36 Master had a speedometer face which showed up to 100 MPH. Another swap that many have made. And one more thing, the car speedometer had the word "SAFETY" on the face at the top of the speedometer. Looks cool.

Joe, we really appreciate guys like you! I never doubted for a moment you'd know

I got one of those 36 glove box doors for my 37 and the odometer never worked in the original speedo so it got replaced with a swapmeet part and its also a 36 car that goes to 100,I need to send the clock out so it can be onverted to quartz movement and paint the door to match.