Looking for Date of Mfg and Chassis S/N information for C15

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi Sanne,

Good to see you here and good to here your dad and you are almost finishing the truck.

Regarding the numbers....I am afraid it will always be a bit of a guesstimate; Engines were not always fitted to a chassis in chassisnumber sequence, and no full chassisnumber/engine number lists are available.

But....David Hayward here on the forum did compile a list of known chassisnumbers, which could be helpful in your search. Sadly David has passed a few years ago, but some of his research can be found here on the forum and on this website:

He has listed for 1943, C15 4x2:
(no SR39xxxxx engine numbers in 1942 by the way)


1943 15 CWT. 4 x 2 13 101” C.15 MODEL 8421
SERIALS
38421XXXXX
C-15421-M:

1943? ENGINE # SR3,863,236
3842104584
3842107105
3842107309
3842109534 ENGINE # SR3,921,990 C-15421-M-VAN 5 S/M 3639 AUGUST 11 1943 [AUSTRALIA]
3842109751 C-15421-M
3842110112
3842120667 ENGINE # SR3,910,102 PRESENT ENGINE TRA3,357,512 Z1634044 [REBUILD] S/M 6050 SEPTEMBER 9 1943
3842120700
3842120976 ENGINE # PR3,932,058 BUT REBUILT WITH # PR3,995,061 Z5453378 C-15421-M S/M 6050 SEPTEMBER 13 1943
3842121013
3842121587 ENGINE #SR3,932,053 S/M 6050 SEPTEMBER 20 1943
3842122000
3842122085
3842122102
3842123050
3842123185
3842125026
3842125549
3842125571
3842125990
3842126029
3842126136
3842126200
3842126319
384212641x
3842126446
3842126452
3842126521 ENGINE # SR3,937,265 S/M 6050 NOVEMBER 16 1943

Demobbed..queried
C-15421-M 3842132503

source: http://hotrod.gregwapling.com/chev-t...dian-chev.html

[Alex van de Wetering]

Sanne,

I am presuming the other 2 chassisnumbers you mention are the ones at Jakob's? Have you tried contacting the former owner of the C15 in Norway through Hanno or Jakob? It's a long shot, but you never know if they have more information or even the original chassis plate. That's how I re-united my chassis plate with my truck after 30 plus years in a scrapyard!

Alex

[Sanne Ropke]

Thanks Alex for thinking along with us.

I've visited David Hayward's site a few times already. because of this I also knew I had to search between August and September 43.

Jakob has already asked the former owner a few times for the place, but no success. We now want to contact Norway ourselves (if possible).

Sanne

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Sanne Ropke

We now want to contact Norway ourselves (if possible).

As discussed, I will contact them and get back to you.