1940 Chevrolet 12-cwt Ute

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Lang

And This:

1940 passenger car engines that were assembled in Flint carried 7 digit numbers. Tonawanda assembled engines used a 6 digit numbering system preceeded by the letter B. If you happen to have the B preceeding the six digit number given your engine was assembled in the month of February 1940.

The range of serial numbers for a 1940 engine are as follows:

Flint: 2697268 - 3665902

Tonawanda: B105462 - B221935

1940 engines bearing the prefix BR or just a single R were destined for right drive country production.


Walkerville, Ontario aka Windsor: 1997877 … 3556862 or 3557935

My engine falls in the Tonawanda 6 digit group for 1940??

Your ute probably should have a Canadian built engine, in the contemporary adverts they made a big deal out of this: The Chevrolet is a 'British Empire Product'

Both of the engines in my Jan. dated utes which are 100% the correct engines , have a CR prefix. The two body tag serial numbers are only two digits apart.

re: the body plants . I think Woodville stamped the higher volume models and Fishermen's Bend stamped the lower volume more specialized types.

From David Hayward's old site:

MIKE KELLY’S 15CWT. HOLDEN-BODIED UTE:
BUILT JANUARY 1940?
ENGINE CR2,003,874
ARMY BOOK SAYS FIRST 515 SERIES 13 UTES HAD 3-SPEED GEARBOXES AND THEN THE REST HAD 4-SPEED GEARBOXES.
THIS ONE HAS A 3-SPEED GEARBOX
Note “CR” PREFIX: “C” FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL CHEVROLET 216 AND “CR” FOR RHD LIGHT COMMERCIAL CHEVROLET 216 MOTORS