I nominate myself. Here's my '49. All original, except for one repaint in 1965. I have documentation for truck that goes back to 1949. Original owner was from Warrensburg, MO and owned it from 1949 to 1965. I spoke with his 95 y/o widow about 11 years ago. It took her a few minutes, but she did remember my truck. She said her husband was a body shop man and bought the truck for his business. Told me he had wood side panels on the bed and everything. Second owner was from Chillicothe, MO and owned it til his widow sold it in 1987. Spoke with her, too. My nephew bought it in '87 and sold it to me in '97. Truck still has the MFA (Missouri Farmers Assoc) oil change sticker in the door jamb- was supposed to be changed on Sept 27, 1972. Not sure if it was or not. Sorry to be so long winded, but I loove my truck and I'm proud of it and its history.
EDIT** Actually, I think the truck in the picture in this link is my truck:
http://books.google.com/books?id=jDv...epage&q&f=true It's in the bottom picture on page 51.
The original owner was JH Carder, and his wife told me that he had his business name painted on the side boards, just like the one in the picture. I'm fairly certain that the truck in this picture is my '49. How's that for history?
