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**mr48chev** · 12-25-2010, 03:51 AM

It also comes from backing into a post with the door open when backing up. Or a hard stop while going forward with the door open. Of the four cabs I have out here one has that dent and it came off a one and a half ton farm truck that hauled a fuel tank for the last part of it's working live fueling up equipment in the wheat fields.

You have to remember too that unlike a lot of today's trucks these old trucks were purchased to work and work hard and a lot of them had pretty hard lives along the way. And without ac a lot of guys drove through the fields in the summer with the drivers door propped open to let the air flow a bit better.

12-25-2010, 03:51 AM	#4
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,837	Re: 47-54 chevy truck doors/hinge/cab dents. It also comes from backing into a post with the door open when backing up. Or a hard stop while going forward with the door open. Of the four cabs I have out here one has that dent and it came off a one and a half ton farm truck that hauled a fuel tank for the last part of it's working live fueling up equipment in the wheat fields. You have to remember too that unlike a lot of today's trucks these old trucks were purchased to work and work hard and a lot of them had pretty hard lives along the way. And without ac a lot of guys drove through the fields in the summer with the drivers door propped open to let the air flow a bit better.