Help ID this Firetruck? 27 or 28 - 06/21/20 10:13 PM
Hello all, my first post here.
I am helping a friend restore a firetruck he purchased over a decade ago and has stored since. I am not well aquainted with early Chevys, my earliest experience is a '37 business coupe.
I have been reading everything that I can find trying to get a positive ID on the truck since the only tag is the one ton weight tag. I dont know if it is a '27 or '28. There is a lot of conflicting info on the 27/28 one tons. One post said the '28 trucks only came with 4 speeds and the C-Rakx-0 carb. Can anyone confirm this applies to one tons? Does he have a 27 with a replacement motor? The truck was ovbiously restored between 30-40 years ago, and has spent much of that time sitting outside in California and then indoors in Texas.
Are there any frame differences that would tell which it is?
What is known:
definitely 1 ton
Rear brake only, external bands
3 speed transmission
'28 dual port head, C 10 8, 346540
'28 block, F 23 8, 346709 no push rod or rocker cover bosses, serial T??-335 893
C RX-0 carb,
I will figure out how to post pictures if you need them.
Thanks,
Connor
I am helping a friend restore a firetruck he purchased over a decade ago and has stored since. I am not well aquainted with early Chevys, my earliest experience is a '37 business coupe.
I have been reading everything that I can find trying to get a positive ID on the truck since the only tag is the one ton weight tag. I dont know if it is a '27 or '28. There is a lot of conflicting info on the 27/28 one tons. One post said the '28 trucks only came with 4 speeds and the C-Rakx-0 carb. Can anyone confirm this applies to one tons? Does he have a 27 with a replacement motor? The truck was ovbiously restored between 30-40 years ago, and has spent much of that time sitting outside in California and then indoors in Texas.
Are there any frame differences that would tell which it is?
What is known:
definitely 1 ton
Rear brake only, external bands
3 speed transmission
'28 dual port head, C 10 8, 346540
'28 block, F 23 8, 346709 no push rod or rocker cover bosses, serial T??-335 893
C RX-0 carb,
I will figure out how to post pictures if you need them.
Thanks,
Connor