Posted by Keith in Washington on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 13:22:12 :
In Reply to: This one has me stumped, Check it out Eric posted by Kevin in Ohio on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 08:50:51 :
This is a tough one as it seems that someone grabbed a lot of parts from different trucks.
Why it is not a carryall. The hood is too flat the carryalls have a sloped hood. The dash is incorrect. It should have a volt meter, two switches (one on either side of the voltmeter) and a black out dash light directly above the volt meter. Yes the steering wheel partly blocks the volt meter area but one switch and the black out light positions are clearly visible and they are not there. This cab did not belong to a radio truck which all carryalls were. It may be an ambulance cab.
The cab is appears to be a 3/4 ton based on its shape and the filler below the doors. All the fenders, grills and hood are 3/4 ton. It appears to have been welded along the roof line and the rear cab corners of the cab extend below the fillers below the door. Someone has pieced things together very nicely. The hood and cab meet incorrectly which makes me suspicious that some work has also been done in that area. The carryall and closed cabs have a sloped hood that sits at an odd angle to the cowl. This truck seems to have the hood come in flat to the cowl. Someone may have raised the radiator and supports to do this. Notice that the flat hood does not fit snugly at the cowl especially at the outer ends as the Carryall and etc are rounded white the other 3/4 tons are much more square in this area. The fenders and radiator cowl are correct for any 3/4 ton.
I really think that we are looking at a truck that has many parts from different trucks cobbled together. My gut feeling is that it may have been an ambulance that someone cut at the front roof seam and welded in a closed cab roof and cab rear possibly from a 1/2 ton or civilian cab as the cab corners extend past the fillers below the door (this would not be a difficult job at all). They also seemed to have used the doors from the donor truck and swapped in the metal panel and handles.
I bet that if Eric gets the serial number off the frame and off the tag on the glove box it will not be a WC53. Also the body tag which is located on the bottom of the passenger door post will provide some insight. I would not be surprised if the frame number and glove box numbers do not match and that the body tag may be different that 1 or both of the other tags.
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