telephone truck

[brian]

http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_ph ... _early.php

scroll to bottom

well I had no idea chevy made a telephone box.

whithout the ladder I would have called it a contact truck.

anybody know if this had a K-number

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[brian]

can anyone shed any light on the manufacture date of this truck?

come on chevy experts lets get with it.
when did this front end come out?
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[brian]

found this example
http://www.oldchevytruck.com/trucks7/x.htm

so I guess this front end is unique to the 41.



http://home.twcny.rr.com/schickling/194 ... 0page.html

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[retro-roco]

Brian,

I'm not sure that I understand your question. The links that you posted, including the one from olive-drab.com show the standard 1941 - 1946 civilian Chevy truck cab. Just like today, the government bought many civilian vehicles, and used them for tasks that did not require the unique characteristics of a military spec vehicle. The closed cab used on the 1942-1946 Chevy 4x4 and the CCKW were nearly identical to the 1941-1946 civilian cab. The front clip (hood, fenders, inner fenders, grill, etc) were very diffierent, and served to give the CCKW and Chevy 4x4 their distinctive look. I mentioned the cabs being nearly identical, because there are some easily identified differences. Some of the differences include:

civilian cab has a fuel filler tube and cap located immediately behind the passenger side door, connected to the fuel tank, located under the seat, inside the cab. The military fuel tank is located externally, and thus there is no need for the filler tube and hole.

Civilian cab has a crank out windshield, with a small hand crank located in the dash board, while the military just has a center latch and thumbscrews at each door post.

The floor boards were different, as the civilian truck had the battery located inside the frame, under the floor board, and an access panel in the floor board. The military cab has the battery located outside the frame, and on the Chevy, it is located immediately behind the passenger side running board. The military Chevy has a unique notch in both the corner of the cab, and the running board to accomodate the external battery.

The civilian cab had windshield defrost vents, and a relatively shallow fiberboard glove box, to accomodate the flex tubing. The military cab had no flex tubing, and non functional vents, and a deeper, sheet metal glovebox.

There may be a few other differences, but those are the primary ones that come to mind...

[the cooler king]

I have woundered how many civy. style cabs with the punch outs for fuel tank etc. were ready at assembly plants when the war started and were used in production of the first run of the 4x4?It seems that would be likely. for the first run of trucks. The cooler king

[brian]

sounds like thay kinda mirror the dodge.
the dodge master parts manual gives production numbers for all the
variations,
are there production numbers for the chevys. did the phone body.
have a modle no. WC-49 or somthing?
I dont think the dodge vc series had a phone truck.
the low usa number makes me think this might have been just a prototype
in the picture.
if you read gordens theory (k-list on the dodge forum) he thinks the k-42
might be mis identified as a pole truck.
and we havent found a k-number for the dodge 1/2 ton phone truck.
if the chevy was just a prototype with no production numbers
than maybe the dodge was the k-42?
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[retro-roco]

did the phone body.
have a modle no. WC-49 or somthing?

My October 15, 1943 Standard Nomenclature List G-506 from Chevy lists the two Chevy 1-1/2 ton 4x4 telephone body trucks as:

Model G7163 Book Symbol NR - Telephone Body, With Earth Borer
Model G7173 Book Symbol NS - Telephone Maintenance Body

the low usa number makes me think this might have been just a prototype
in the picture.

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I'll have to check some of my manuals. The maintence manuals usually have the contracts listed on the cover, and the number range will tell you the number of units covered...

[brian]

W-003647
I dono without somthing stating an actual k-number, this is probably
an excercise in futility.
even with solid prduction numbers, it would still be conjecture
as to weather its the K-42,
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[Ed Bennett]

retro-roco,
my 1942 CHEV G7107 has a cab that has both the mitilary and civilian attributes that you speak of. Of course it may have been modified at some time. The truck is an N model with the ID plate above the windshield on the drivers side. The windshield has the center latch and thumbscrews. The gas tank is located under the seat with the filler neck coming through the side behind the passenger door. The glovebox is the deep sheet metal type. The floorboard has been fabricated, I believe. The batteries are located behind the cab on the passenger side. No notch in the corner of the cab or the running board. Unfortunately, I do not know the history of my truck. It had a civilian flatbed on it when I got it, but someday would like to put a cargo bed on it.

[brian]

ok and duh, what I fugured out is that the k-50 , and k-50-B only refer to the box,
and not the truck under it.
so the slanted bed is a k-50
and the square bed is a k-50-B
so I guess the chevy in the pic. is a K-50-B
and it dosent matter what the tonage or maker is of the chasis.
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[brian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-50_truck

ok compiled this on wiki
anybody got any numbers?

[brian]

has anyone checked this one out?
http://www.davesvintagetrucks.com/

military or civi?
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