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Hello

I wonder how many panelvans it was made year 1946.

Chevrolet did not make a model called a panel van.
There is a sedan delivery which is on a passenger car chassis or a panel truck which is on a 1/2 or 1 ton trruck chassis.

Hi JTJ
Mr. Schneider is correct in that Chevrolet called your vehicle a "panel truck".
They did however build it in 1/2 ton, 3/4 ton, 1 ton, and even 1-1/2 ton sizes.
1/2 ton was a DP, 3/4 ton a DR (as yours is), 1 ton was a DS, and 1-1/2 ton probably a PJ although I'm not sure on that one.

I found this:
http://home.znet.com/c1937/Prod.htm
It says that for 1946 there were:
2583 first 1946 model and 18614 second 1946 model 1/2 ton panel trucks
4002 3/4 ton panel trucks (yours was 1 of them)
2629 1 ton panel trucks
63 first 1946 model and 1098 second 1946 model 1-1/2 ton panel trucks

This source mentions Ken Kaufmann and David Hayward (both VCCA members I believe) as 2 of his sources, but I'm not sure where his figures for 1946 came from.
If anyone has other, or more accurate information, please correct me.
Hope this helps!
Ole

And you will need to scroll about 2/3 of the way down the page to find the info you are looking for.
Ole

This:
http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/4660.htm
is an interesting page and is part of this:
http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/46index.htm
which contains a lot of useful and interesting information.
Have fun looking through it!
Ole

Just for info. David Hayward passed away in 2012.

And Ken Kaufmann died in January of this year, 2020.

My is number 3093 so it must be one of the latest produced then...

Thanks Ole

Glad to be of help!
Remember though that serial numbers in 1946 started with number 1001, so yours should be the 2093rd of that model produced.
Ole