Early Pattern 11 Chev 4x2 ??

[Bob Carriere]

Do you realize how rare that truck is....... if the almost prestine registration tag is correct..... it was made in the first run starting April 1940.....and although it sports a Ford grill it is a CHEV...... has no side lights installed, now air vents... and probably no device to drive with the doors open inhot weather...... probably no rear axle black our convoy light......

Would be nice if some one from the area gained access and took XXXXXXXXX number of pictures of both inside and out...... underneath etc.....

What happened to the repro wooden box that (Cletrac) had built and liquidated at his auction????? it was well made and woould be most appropriate for the early release.

[Bob Carriere]

Running board seems of a different style.....

One Ford door handle missing......

Typical Ford grill on early Chev......possible part shortage.....

Nose sheet metal may have been removed/replaced and original flat head screws and washers replaced with regular bolt heads.

One the radiator cover.... the shroud that actually covers the radiator.....3 fasteners on each side........ to my knowledge it is near impossible to re-install one of these 3 bolts after the assembly line manufacturing...... you remove it but can get to the back side and does not have a hidden caged nut.

Front bumper is bent steel and not C channel....

Front brush guard was probably not installed on the original factory built....

Below the radiator the sheet metal is missing.....

Alex .... Paul.... any other things you might have noticed????

Cheers