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Looking for pictures of someone who's restored a Pu to stock condition or has a unrestored one I have a 41 1/2 ton AK built in Oakland Ca.
Or someone in southern Calif. that i could look at there truck or ask them some questions

Thanks David


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Crash2012,

I am in the process of restoring a 1941 G4112 YP model 1 1/2 ton Chevy. I can help you with some cab related questions as they are basically the same as 1/2 ton trucks.

You need to look at this http://www.46chevytruck.com I have used this lots, I hope my 41 looks close to this good when I'm done. Dave

I have a restored '41 3/4 ton.

Most is the same as a 1/2 ton. You can ask most any guestions here and get good answers

Ok I'll check the pic's out, and I'll definatly be asking questions Thanks

I have a 46 1/2 ton all restored except for paint and wheels and other small modifications that arent really noticeable like no front bumper....[IMG]http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu14/kurtdh519/002-1.jpg[/IMG].... the 41 and the 46 are the exact same truck, mine was #1873 off the line in 1946 according to the vin #

the unit numbers started with 1001 at each plant

41 and 46 are ALMOST exact, not quite.

Take a look at this Tech Tip that was put together by Kip Bonds with contributions from Stovebolters. It should help some.

Peggy

Nice truck hoozat, Thanks peggy for the tech tip page, all the 41 stuff matched up except for the one piece headliner( mine is two) I learned that the reason the lock was in the passenger door handle only was that you let the passenger(lady) in first then she would reach across and open your door, my mom said there was a saying that if the girl hesitated to open your door she did'nt like you Thanks again

Crash, that is a nice story but more likely; people were supposed to enter the car or truck from the curb side and not the street side. For a while cars did not have opening doors on the driver's side, only the curb side

Kip, while I thought that for a long time too, i noticed recently that while trucks in these years only had one lock on the passenger side, GM cars (46 and up at least) had locks on both sides. I'm not sure why cars would be different.

46:

I was referring to cars built in the teens and early 20's that only had doors on the passenger side. I'm not sure when the various companies started putting doors on both sides. I'm also not sure when external door locks were put on both sides.

A wild guess on why cars may have had locks on both sides before trucks could be that taller truck cabs made it easier to slide across the seat.

Let me know what you are looking for. I also have a 1/2 ton original suburban carryall that can also be used as reference.

Tim
www.46chevytruck.com

Thanks kip did'nt know that about entering from curb maybe cars started to have both cause there was starting to be more houses with garages being built,just a thought.. Sheridan= great pic's and alot of info which is perfect for me cause I'm tring to learn as much as I can about my truck, I'm picking up NOS parts right now as I find them Thanks again all


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