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Originally Posted by Tony Smith
The black and white "Factory" pics are at Oshawa, so there was no change to the vehicle on arrival at it's destination. The X2 indicates it's destination, or perhaps it's contract. I wish David Hayward was here to explain in his rambling way the oddities of Chevrolet contracts because they really are a confusing mess.  |
X2 stands for "export to UK (bult-up)" - see David's list on
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Originally Posted by David_Hayward (RIP)
I think that these suffixes were meant to relate to the GM of Canada export destination codes that were suffixes to the model numbers, and used from 1935 to 1958 at least:
X EXPORT DESTINATION CODES AFTER SERIAL NUMBERS:
X1 ANY POINT EXCEPT FULLY BUILT UP
X2 UNITED KINGDOM BUILT UP
X3 INDIA CKD
X4 AUSTRALIA CKD
X5 NEW ZEALAND CKD ALTHOUGH ASSEMBLED TRUCKS HAD “XH”
X6 BATAVIA, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES CKD
X7 UNITED KINGDOM CKD
X8 ANY POINT CKD
X9 SOUTH AFRICA CKD ALTHOUGH ASSEMBLED TRUCKS HAD “XG”
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