Chevrolet 1533X2 30cwt LRDG truck mini articles

[Paul Singleton]

This screenshot is from the GM heritage site. It’s from the 1950 Chevrolet manual and it shows the flat face cowl and a windshield cowl, just to add more confusion to this thread! I hadn’t heard of, or seen a “windshield “ cowl.

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[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Paul Singleton

This screenshot is from the GM heritage site. It’s from the 1950 Chevrolet manual and it shows .... a windshield cowl, just to add more confusion to this thread! I hadn’t heard of, or seen a “windshield “ cowl.

Reasonably common on a variety of rated chassis.

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[Bob Carriere]

The Imperial Museum LRDG looks like a 1940 model and has a LEFT HAND drive set up!!!!!!!...... obviously one of the Major's converted "Hot Rod"...... and the wheel base is shorter than the expected 133 inches.......... he used what he had available.......

Philippe's truck is unusual in having the sheet metal of a 1940 and the dash of a 39 and his reg. tag shows a 1939 VC model......... I suspect that model year and sales date were not that critical back then.......... today you could buy a 2021 truck made in September of 2020....... and looks like a 2021.....

What else have we missed.....?

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

The Imperial Museum LRDG looks like a 1940 model and has a LEFT HAND drive set up!!!!!!!...... obviously one of the Major's converted "Hot Rod"...... and the wheel base is shorter than the expected 133 inches.......... he used what he had available..

Bob, All the original Long Range Desert Patrol vehicles were sourced locally in Egypt and were all left hand drive.

Regards Rick.

[Paul Singleton]

Philippe's truck is unusual in having the sheet metal of a 1940 and the dash of a 39 and his reg. tag shows a 1939 VC model......... I suspect that model year and sales date were not that critical back then.......... today you could buy a 2021 truck made in September of 2020....... and looks like a 2021.....

What else have we missed.....?

Bob, when I was still working at the city I did a pre-delivery inspection on a 2008 Ford F-250. The manufacture date was February 2007 and we received the truck in March 2007! The truck was registered as 2008 and the owner’s manual had “2008” on the cover. This was the earliest new model delivery that I had seen.
Paul

[Bob Carriere]

....not having to worry about switching the steering mechanism makes it a much simpler project.

Bob C.