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I have a 1928 1 ton farm truck
This truck has a wooden cab. It seems that all of the photos that I have seen have steel cabs. Can anyone explain what models came with or without steel cabs and what I really have.

Thanks

Paul

By 1928 most trucks had cabs with metal covering a wood structure and fabric top. However, depending on the company that supplied the cab and body some have all wooden cabs (except for the metal braces. I don't know the number of commercial body companies that produced bodies for Chevrolet trucks but, am sure it is more than 20. Some like Hercules, Standard, Springfield, Mifflinburg and Martin-Parry were large operations. Others like Hughes-Keenan and Clark were smaller.

Thanks Chipper

I assume that the dealer who sold the truck sent the frame, fenders, hood, to a reginal supplier who put on the cab?

I will look for some type of identification on the cab to determine who built the cab.

Thanks for your help

PJS

I have an Oldsmobile 1 ton truck that was sold as a cowl and chassis new. The original owner bought the cab through a company called Lindsay Bros, in Minneapolis and put it on himself and also built the flair side grain box himself. They were like the sears roebuck of farm equipment. Not sure who built them for Lindsay. Chevy did the same thing and it gave the owner of a new truck flexibility to make the truck suit his needs. As the market dictated Chevy and other companys started to build standard cabs and sell them without beds. My 28 chevy LO 1 ton was sold as a cab and chassis. The flatbed with grain box sides bed was added later.

Thanks Bob

I thought that that may be the case.
I would bet that this truck was purchased locally in central Nebraska and then the cab was placed in Omaha?. I will check to see if I can find an identification marker on the cab. Do you have any photos of your truck that are available?

Thanks

Paul

Paul,
The Patriot truck manufacturing company in Lincoln, NE, did some truck work for Chevrolet in the late 20s.
They at first did whole trucks and then went on to making cabs and stake beds.
I have seen stakes beds with a decal or plate with the information. They say the company is from Havlock, NE, which is downtown Lincoln.
My 30 LR was manufactured in Kansas and has been local for pretty much most of its 80 years.
Bring your truck down to Camp Creek in Waverly next summer!
I'll be running mine there!
Hope this helps.