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LouSWPA 
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Posted: 07 Jun 2025 at 8:38pm |
I bought a 28 Chevy one ton from a farmer in Indiana. From information found in the truck it lived in Missouri before that and according to the VIN was manufactured in Missouri.
Edited by LouSWPA - 07 Jun 2025 at 8:49pm
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Posted: 07 Jun 2025 at 9:39pm |
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Phone number perhaps?????
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Posted: 07 Jun 2025 at 9:48pm |
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I think that is the old Missouri Commerce Commision numbering scheme. Now defunct.
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Posted: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:00pm |
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I didnt think phone no, because of the pattern, but I did suspect some sort of business ID
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Posted: 08 Jun 2025 at 4:31am |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2025 at 7:12am |
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Well, now that the number mystery is solved do we get to see the rest of the truck? Are you restoring it? Do we get to see your progress? I think we are curious.
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Posted: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:15am |
The Chevrolet Truck Plant was between Goodfellow and Kingshighway in N St Louis on Union, just south of Jennings City.
Made GM Bodies in the 1920s as Fischer Body. In grade School 1960s we got to take a Plant tour there before closed completely in the 1980s.
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Posted: 08 Jun 2025 at 3:02pm |
 ac hunter wrote:
Well, now that the number mystery is solved do we get to see the rest of the truck? Are you restoring it? Do we get to see your progress? I think we are curious.
Well, I have posted pics here previously, but I will be happy do so again. My intention was not to restore, but rathe preserve as is, but the 'not so great' state of Pa. has decided to no longer issue Antique plates unless the vehicle is totally restored. So, unless I can convince the powers that be otherwise, I may have to restore.
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 08 Jun 2025 at 3:05pm |
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I did repair the fuel pump and removed the Farmall tank. And, no matter what, I will strip the paint off the bed and some sort of clear coat on it.
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Posted: 08 Jun 2025 at 3:41pm |
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Re-do the bed and power polish the sheet metal and call it restored!! Easiest and best restoration you could do to a truck that looks that good!
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Posted: 08 Jun 2025 at 5:49pm |
Alberta Phil wrote:
Re-do the bed and power polish the sheet metal and call it restored!! Easiest and best restoration you could do to a truck that looks that good!Pretty much my thoughts! Not sure what I can get away with concerning the state, the require four photo's, frnt, bck, lft and rt. No guidance as to how far back I can stand LOL
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Posted: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:11pm |
As I have been in the restoration business for years, I've found that "totally restored" means different things to different persons, depending on how knowledgeable they are!!
State licensing office may not be very knowledgeable about this at all. If it is nice and shiny, it must be restored. If they require documentation from a professional shop, that puts a whole different light on it.
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Posted: 09 Jun 2025 at 6:05am |
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Tell them you did the body with the 'patina' look.
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Posted: 09 Jun 2025 at 8:17pm |
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if it was me i would drive it the way it is idought that any one would give you crap unless you was holding up traffic on the hiway
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Posted: 09 Jun 2025 at 8:34pm |
HudCo wrote:
if it was me i would drive it the way it is idought that any one would give you crap unless you was holding up traffic on the hiway
I confess....it is possible that has happened already . My fear is if I should be involved in an accident, even if it is not my fault. I have a '23 Buick touring car, a '29 Buick 26S (single seat, with rumble seat, think 5 window coupe) and a '31 Buick model 57 (think gangster car). Two of those three have seen asphalt w/o being registered. My reasoning is the same as yours, nobody is going to question me, but there is that liability issue, so the test runs are close to home. |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2025 at 11:12pm |
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so put liability on it
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Posted: 18 Jun 2025 at 6:22am |
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That is a really nice looking truck. I can see why you would want to laeave it in the original condition. Be a shame to do otherwise, I think. Thanks for the pictures.
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Posted: 18 Jun 2025 at 9:19am |
HudCo wrote:
so put liability on it cant insure it without proper registration |
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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