WD decals
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Topic: WD decals
Posted By: Rex Condie
Subject: WD decals
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2018 at 4:35pm
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can anyone tell me, are decals on a 1950 Wd blue or black? |
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Posted By: Pete from IL
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2018 at 6:02pm
| According to the Steiner catalog they should be black. |
Posted By: Rex Condie
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2018 at 10:29pm
| thanks for the information |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2018 at 11:02pm
| Yes, black decals started in 1948 I believe. |
Posted By: nella(Pa)
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2018 at 6:13am
| black, Father bought one new in 1950 which I still have and they are black. |
Posted By: Robert Musgrave
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2018 at 7:29am
| I remember reading somewhere that first year WD (1948) were BLUE with a long "A" and a long "S". I have WD S/N 5109--I would like to know too, as this one was re-painted at least once. R.Musgrave |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2018 at 9:18am
| 1948 were blue. I also think 1950 might be the year they went from blue to black but not the whole model year build. Hard to prove on that. I'd guess early 1950 models were blue (with big A and S) and late 1950 models were black. |
Posted By: nella(Pa)
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2018 at 11:22am
1950, s. 39811 Father bought it new and the decals are black.
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DrAllis wrote:Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2018 at 11:55am
| My avitar is a '49 WD, SN 10XXX,,but the original picture is B and W, so all I can see for sure is the long a and s |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2018 at 12:13pm
| Well, that shoots my theory all to pieces. Beginning 1950 s/n is 35,471, so s/n 39,811 would be a Feb build at the rate of 3,000 units per month. This kind of info isn't in the parts books. |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2018 at 10:19am
| SO I guess then you can pick which decal you like better for 1950! |
Posted By: Rex Condie
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2018 at 6:55pm
| Thanks guys, my WD is original to our family ( I was 6 } and it was painted about 25 years ago. It is a late year 1950 so I am going with black. I will post a photo when it is done. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2018 at 7:18am
| To add to this decal information: If it is an early WD with the blue decals (Big "A" and big "S") there is no decal on the radiator that designates it as a "WD". The official "WD" designation was only with the black decal letters. Same with a "WC".....never was a "WC" decal from the factory. |