My Grandpa's Truck

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KD Cannon

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• Dec 14, 2010

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Wish I could of knew him. This was his work truck. My Mom said he was very proud of it. He worked for the County road dept in Kansas. I live on the same farm now. Anybody know what make it is? Thanks & Merry Christmas everyone.

 

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KD Cannon

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• Dec 14, 2010

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Another one of his work trucks.

 

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Aaron Ford

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• Dec 14, 2010

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I am calling it a 1936 Chevrolet. Just a guess, though.

Aaron

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 14, 2010

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the top one is a '37 chevy in pretty sure, the hood louvers changed in '38

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 14, 2010

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this one is a ford, but im not sure weather 46 or 47-48

 

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Aaron Ford

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• Dec 14, 2010

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Dang! I was workin' on it! I agree that it is a Ford, but I am thinking this bodystyle started in 40 or 41. They likely changed nothing during the war, so post war trucks would have been identical. The pic if of a 1940 1 ton. 2 tonners were similar.

Aaron

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 14, 2010

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your right, arron, it may be a pre war ford too, the hood side has me on this one , i know 46 would be the same as pre war, i also cant remember if 47 or 48 was the first new post war ford model, i used to know that stuff but cant get it straight now

 

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Aaron Ford

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• Dec 14, 2010

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As I look at the pic, a few things fall out. The truck is kinda shiny. Two dents on fender but bumper is untouched. License plate year ends in one. Car in background was manufactured in the late 30's? The lack of any surplus war equipment that would have been prevalent if this were 1951. Due to this I woould call this a 1940 Ford 2 ton, pic taken in 1941.

I am likely wrong as I was born 32 years later...

This is fun!

Aaron

 

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Uncle Ernie

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• Dec 15, 2010

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Yep that plate sure looks like it says 41 Kansas. I would go with 40 Ford.
I bet he was ------ that he had two dents in the fender of his new truck!

 

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NEKS

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• Dec 15, 2010

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The 31 on the tags should be the county number. All counties had a number. My county was 42.

 

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John Harmon

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• Dec 15, 2010

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1936 Chevrolet in what we would call a 1 ton model nowdays. No power any thing,vacumn wipers,4 speed on the floor,6 cylinder engine,battery start,generator equipped.A basic truck of that era.I remember my dads 31 and 32 and 37 Chevrolet 4 door sedans very well.

 

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fixerupper

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• Dec 15, 2010

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Aaron it looks like the first number on the plate is a 4. Second number is probably a 1 but maybe a 7? Jim

 

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John Harmon

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• Dec 15, 2010

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A 1941 Ford 2 ton 4X4

 

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KD Cannon

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• Dec 15, 2010

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My mom told me this story when we were looking at these old pictures. Grandpa Hank was the foreman on the county road crew & was driving the truck. His road crew were shoveling gravel off the back as they moved slowly along. Hank stopped & traded places with a wore out man to give him a break from shoveling. Truck lurched taking off, Hank was thrown off the back of a truck hitting his head & died the next day. I found a box of old license plates from the 30's & 40's, maybe one of them was off these trucks. I sure want to thank all of you for the replies, means allot to me.

 

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CLTX

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• Dec 15, 2010

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I started driving a 1935 Chevrolet 1-1/2 ton truck in 1948 at the age of 10. The truck had mechanical brakes and I wasn"t heavy enough to apply much pressure. At the very beginning, I took out a gate, which taught me to allow plenty of braking distance. If memory serves me correctly, the gearshift had a small lever on the side which, when lifted, allow for shifting into reverse.

 

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Mike (WA)

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• Dec 15, 2010

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Cab styling is identical to the '36 pickup I had in high school. Its not a '37- fenders, grill, everything changed that year. Don't know what '35 looked like, probably pretty similar if not identical.

Not a real terror on the highway- last year of the 206 cube 6 cylinder, precursor to the venerable 216. Mine would float the valves at about 38 MPH, so I put a 283 in it. That livened things up considerably!

 

Brian G. NY

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• Dec 15, 2010

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I"m going to say its a "41 because of the Ford insignia on the side of the hood. Hardly any other difference between a "40 and a "41.
Here"s a "40 that I spent a lot of time driving in my teens hauling hay in the summer and maple sap in the spring.

 

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Roger in Iowa

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• Dec 15, 2010

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Certainly not a '47 as hood opening device in front center of hood is not present. Drove dad's '47 hauling wheat in Kansas when I was 14 years old, legally. Mom had to ride with me after dark to make it legal. I'm 65.

 

Brian G. NY

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• Dec 15, 2010

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The Ford trucks got a new face in '42 which it kept until the great new "fat fendered" '48 came out.