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Old 24-12-17, 05:23
Ken Smith Ken Smith is offline
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Good day Rod,
Welcome to the forum, you have a lovely truck.
I researched my Australian cabbed Chevrolet truck earlier this year using the AWM registration books to find out a tiny bit of history. It took a lot of hours to find the chassis number but I was able to find that my truck had been to the Middle East on the ship Tricolor spelt Tricolour in the AWM books.
The other thing I found was the trucks with the small wheel stud, 18 inch rims like yours are 30 cwt (1-1/2 ton) and the trucks with the bigger stud, 5 stud 18 inch rims are 3 tonners.
The rims are not blitz they are uniquely Australian Chevrolet and are stamped GMH.
My truck was fortunate enough to survive the Middle East return to Australia and was sold to GMH after the war.
As more of these Chev cabs are being turned into rat rods or garden art a good complete truck is becoming a rarity.
Ken
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1941 Cab 12 C60L AIF L4710841 Middle East veteran
1941 Cab 12 F60L ARN 45818
1941 Cab 12 F60L ARN 46660
1941 Cab 12 F60L ARN 51720 A/T Portee
1942 Cab 13 F15 ARN 55236
1942 Cab 13 F60L ARN 58171 Mach "D" Loading
1942 Cab 13 C15 ARN 62400
1945 Cab 13 C60L ARN 77821
1941 Chevrolet 3 Ton GS ARN AIF L16070 Middle East veteran
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