It's Not a '38 GMC - What is it?

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@dwightdyess455 4 ай бұрын

Maybe this will help with identifying the year 1939 Chevrolet dashboard has round gauges and the 1940 has a rectangle gauge cluster.

@paulreft7133 4 ай бұрын

Love these automotive history lessons! So much to learn! I'm just glad you're attempting to give some (or all) of this old girl new life! Good luck in your research, thank you for sharing this with us! God bless!

@THROTTLEPOWER 4 ай бұрын

I agree Paul

@mikerussell505 4 ай бұрын

I have almost everything you need for your truck. I am in Columbia Missouri. I think I have an I.D. tag and title also. I have hood, fenders, grille shell and grille, running boards, engine and much more.

@janericolmstead3679 4 ай бұрын

I tried to lite a sucker stick too after trying to stop smoking. I still smoke. Good luck!

@THROTTLEPOWER 4 ай бұрын

Great vid!!!!! 🤜🤛

@Ruststored 4 ай бұрын

I know for a fact up to 38 Chevrolet had no serial numbers on the frame. only the tag on the Cowell. It was held in place with two clutch head screws. In Idaho if you don't have a plate DMV will issue a new number.Ive ben through it twice with the state. you can actually buy replacement plates on line.

@mikerussell505 4 ай бұрын

Your jack is the original tool kit jack. The handle doubles as a tire tool. The handle is much harder to find than the jack. The starting crank looks original also.

@mikerussell505 4 ай бұрын

I posted to your original video and also sent an email to your website. Your truck is a 1939 Chevy. I have lots of stuff you need for it. I am in Central Missouri. There should be a tag on the RH side ofd the cowl where the hood would cover it. I can tell you everything you want to know from the tag if it is there.

@dyamariv3628 4 ай бұрын

Someone didn't watch till the end of the video.. 😉

@mikerussell505 4 ай бұрын

@@dyamariv3628 You are correct that I posted before watching the entire video. My mistake. I posted to his first video and told him that it is a 1939 Chevy so I was surprised to see him with a new vid where he is asking for info.

@fifthlomat717 4 ай бұрын

Id build it anyway and find a title that somewhat matches that type of truck nobody is going to car to even look

@SignalyardsGarage 4 ай бұрын

I’m sorry to hear that you don’t have a serial number plate on it. In Virginia it is illegal to swap them from one vehicle to another, period! And a Title is definitely a MUST HAVE. A bill of sale is worthless here. Hopefully things will work themselves out for you and the truck.

@BackwoodsMadman 4 ай бұрын

Clean the dirt off the Vin stamp and rub it with chalk. It can help you see it

@zoomzoooie38 4 ай бұрын

Judging by the dash and hood sides it's a 1939 Chevy as shown in the B&W photo at the end of your video. It would have had the short stainless strips at the top sides of the grille which did not go all the way back to the hood side and a stainless grill with 17 big horizontal strips. In 1940 the the side strips went back to the hood side and grille had 16 strips with a deeper top piece. The dash was totally different with a rectangular gauge cluster. That Grill is a 1983 GMC though. I have a 1983 Chevy 1/2 ton and can say without a doubt it's not a 1938 Chevy.

@meangreen7322 4 ай бұрын

I believe you have a Canadian Mapleleaf. They are very similar to the GMC. I have a 37 GMC and your truck is similar. I noticed that it has a closed drive shaft were as mine is an open drive shaft

@richardeldridge5305 4 ай бұрын

Golden Bottling company, that's Coors. They made soft drinks.

@37silverstreak1 4 ай бұрын

I'm not an expert on trucks but I do believe that the GMC's of that era used a flathead six engine. My guess is that you have a 39-40 Chevrolet truck.

@mechanic72 4 ай бұрын

Would not have been a flathead six

@37silverstreak1 4 ай бұрын

@@mechanic72 Before the 1939 model year GMC used a flathead six engine. Google it! in 1939 they went to an OHV six engine.

@johnkranz4004 4 ай бұрын

Do a pencil tracing of the thing you want to read before you start sanding on it

@randyck12 4 ай бұрын

So you know Mr. Higginbotham I'm a friend of him too

@gh8522 4 ай бұрын

Could be a federal truck. Same company that made the Oakland automobile.

@geoffreymills9932 4 ай бұрын

I'm no expert by any means but I can say with certainty that if a chevy dually was over 1.5 ton, they had the gmc grill with the chevy side panels, so I'm guessing you have a 39 chevy 3.5 ton, someone with more knowledge can verify this, and no, 39 and on to 46 had the twin windshield 17:00

@ronevans4772 4 ай бұрын

my 48 gmc had twin windshields.

@dyamariv3628 4 ай бұрын

Just off memory, doesn't the frame VIN trump all vin's?? Just cause they took a panel off the fender, doesn't make it that truck. I'd check with your local DMV on this before you decide to use it as a parts truck. It's also possible that someone just took that plate to hang in a shop cause it looks cool. Plz find the frame VIN and dig a little further to see if it's even been registered. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE drop all other projects and only work on this truck from now on.. 😉 It's just too cool to let it sit around!

@thomasrape4616 4 ай бұрын

Who knows this truck may become your parts truck

@brendagaunce8757 4 ай бұрын

Canada made Mapleleaf truck

@robertnull1644 4 ай бұрын

See Waylon wires old Iron he is building one he may can help.

@thomasrape4616 4 ай бұрын

By the grill that's a chevy not gmc. My guess is 38-40 or 41 maybe.should be a tag on the Cowell left side.

@busmirror 4 ай бұрын

Ahh but, don't forget....this could be a 1946 'HARRY' or a 'ROBERT' or anything else you wanted to name your 'one-off' truck manufactured by the still very active then custom coach builders! Could have been a 'Bailey body' or a 'Fleetwood body', etc; etc. Jus' say'n.