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Still trying to Identify my Great-Great Grandfather's truck body maker. The one side door is already swung out the second one swings out too but suicide style if you look closely you can see the hinges. Can anyone help me identify? ![[Linked Image from i1331.photobucket.com]](http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w597/SavageBerzerker/John_Alma_Thorpe.jpg)
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See my Private Message to you. I enjoyed your viedo of pulling her out. You will have a real nice truck when finished. I am wishing you the best.
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So I am reviving this old thread of mine.
I am still currently looking for the manufacturer. If there is any infor mation you find useful to me please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you.
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Still trying to find the body manufacturer. Any help would be appreciated.
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Still trying to Identify my Great-Great Grandfather's truck body maker. The one side door is already swung out the second one swings out too but suicide style if you look closely you can see the hinges. Can anyone help me identify? Years still have gone on by and I still cannot find the manufacturer of the body of this truck. Is there anyone out there who might have any suggestions or ideas?
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The way I understand it, the manufactures (GM) would sell you the chassis and the buyer would have a local company build the body for the chassis. The builder might have put his name somewhere hidden on the body. Who knows, that is a long time ago. Good luck
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The way I understand it, the manufactures (GM) would sell you the chassis and the buyer would have a local company build the body for the chassis. The builder might have put his name somewhere hidden on the body. Who knows, that is a long time ago. Good luck Haha Thanks I've been searching. Just very difficult.
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There were generally three ways to buy a Chevrolet truck in 1927, one sorta like described by Air Force. The buyer went to his Chevrolet dealer and bought the chassis and arranged to have a body put on that met his needs. The body could be built by a local person (or company) or the dealer would have a book or brochures with pages showing bodies offered by a large number of commercial body companies. The buyer could have the dealer send the chassis to the body builder and then have it delivered directly to him. Or the Chevrolet dealer could take the order for the truck, have a chassis sent to the body company (if they already didn't have some in stock), the body installed and shipped to the dealer. The customer would pickup the truck from the dealer. I suspect that in most cases it would have been the latter. The last one could have been that the buyer went directly to the body builder and ordered the truck they wanted (probably through an agent or dealer) and had it shipped directly to the buyer or dealer for delivery.
There are fairly often body builder brochures listed on eBay. I have several for various model years. Also have a couple of copies of the large books that Chevrolet dealers used.
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There were generally three ways to buy a Chevrolet truck in 1927, one sorta like described by Air Force. The buyer went to his Chevrolet dealer and bought the chassis and arranged to have a body put on that met his needs. The body could be built by a local person (or company) or the dealer would have a book or brochures with pages showing bodies offered by a large number of commercial body companies. The buyer could have the dealer send the chassis to the body builder and then have it delivered directly to him. Or the Chevrolet dealer could take the order for the truck, have a chassis sent to the body company (if they already didn't have some in stock), the body installed and shipped to the dealer. The customer would pickup the truck from the dealer. I suspect that in most cases it would have been the latter. The last one could have been that the buyer went directly to the body builder and ordered the truck they wanted (probably through an agent or dealer) and had it shipped directly to the buyer or dealer for delivery.
There are fairly often body builder brochures listed on eBay. I have several for various model years. Also have a couple of copies of the large books that Chevrolet dealers used. Totally understand. Could you please check your books for me? I would much appreciate it.
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You might not remember but I checked my books and didn't find a truck body matching yours. There were probably 100 different body companies of varying sizes in 1927. The Detroit Library National Automotive History Collection (NAHC) or AACA library are your best opportunities to document the body builder. Unfortunately the NAHC is not available
Quote from the website: "Due to a facilities issue, the Skillman Branch, which houses the National Automotive History Collection (NAHC), is temporarily closed. Staff does not have access to the building at this time. All NAHC reference service is suspended until further notice. If you wish to be notified when access is restored, please send an e-mail to nahc@detroitpubliclibrary.org
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You might not remember but I checked my books and didn't find a truck body matching yours. There were probably 100 different body companies of varying sizes in 1927. The Detroit Library National Automotive History Collection (NAHC) or AACA library are your best opportunities to document the body builder. Unfortunately the NAHC is not available
Quote from the website: "Due to a facilities issue, the Skillman Branch, which houses the National Automotive History Collection (NAHC), is temporarily closed. Staff does not have access to the building at this time. All NAHC reference service is suspended until further notice. If you wish to be notified when access is restored, please send an e-mail to nahc@detroitpubliclibrary.org No I do not remember. Thanks again. I will check out those sites.
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