Dodge Delivery Research Question

[pflaming]

Several of you fellows are quite good at Dodge research. Here's a question for you. Is it possible to find how many Pilot-house trucks were delivered to each city / state / country, etc. I do not see many sitting around here in central California so I'm guessing this was not a hot spot for mopar in the 50's.

[HanksB3B]

Paul,

I think the heat must have caused most of them to simply evaporate.

Hank

[pflaming]

Hank, my interest is original numbers and destinations, not survivors. I know a lot of old trucks were turned into wagons. In central California thousands became cotton trailers until the cotton press was invented. Dad took a 47 Ford, reversed the rear axle, put an hay buck on the 'new front' and we bucked a lot of hay up to the stacker. It drove like a fork lift only FASTER!

[B1B Keven]

Paul,

Get your hands on the book by Don Bunn. It lists all the info you're looking for.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1583880879/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Here's just a bit:

Total truck production by calendar year:

1948 - 172,020

1949 - 151,513

1950 - 125,773

1951 - 169,000

1952 - 162,871

1953 - 105,248

[Reg Evans]

Paul,

My 52 was built in the San Leandro plant in the South Bay area. Yours might have been too.

http://www.t137.com/registry/help/decode.php

Paste your vin # in this decoder below and let us know what you come up with.

http://www.t137.com/registry/help/decode.php

[pflaming]

Yes, mine is California made also. That accounts for the small heater.