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| | | | Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 83 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 83 | It's a 1948 Advance Design Chevy pickup 1/2 ton, the serial number is SFP-K 14295 Can someone decipher for me? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 83 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 83 | So was it made in Baltimore in November 48? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I'm not much help on your questions but thought I might add something about the design.
I believe there were some early 47's that were really 46's so its possible to have a "Art Deco" looking truck but vin'd as an Advance Design.... but that doesn't explain a 46 being a 1948.
Hmmm, maybe some hanky panky on the numbers over the past 62 years or so?? | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | I come up with a '48 3100 built in November. The "S" part of the code doesn't come up in my spec book. That part of the code should be a number, not a letter. I suppose "S" could be mistaken for a "5", in which case it would be out of the Kansas City, MO plant.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 101 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 101 | I doubt it will be a help to you, but just to let you know there are various "weirdness-es" out there on old VIN's. My "46" is titled as a '46 complete with original appearing I.D. tag on the cowl but the cab is a '41 because it has a bolt in rear window glass frame.
Before you ask - No, it is not the result of weld repair exactly. I think the truck must be an assembly of various rust free parts from an assortment of trucks, i.e. a rust free running board here and a clean door there. I can only think the frame of the truck the restorer started with was from a '46 and when he found a rust free cab from a '41 he put on th4 frame and transferred the i.d. tag - which (I think!) is illegal, isn't it?
Is there a VIN number on your (mine too) frame to compare your cab VIN to? | | |
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