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Years ago, an excavating contractor for one building I contracted with said he had a '70 factory 4wd 1t. He also had a boatload of N.O.S. parts. I know through other people he was deep into these trucks, so knew what he was talking about. But I never saw it, so could have been a Napco with a misuse of the terms factory vs ordered new through dealer. The factory just plain didn't do it, but Howe and NAPCO were both in the silver book. It may have been a DRW C/20 with Napco conversion that used Budds up front.

I also have a friend with a body shop who about 15 years ago had a '68 4wd Stepside restoration he was looking for a bed to replace the original. I had a 8 footer and he said it needed to be 9'. I looked and it was a 1t 9' Stepside brush fire truck. I never looked at the front axle but assumed it was a C/30 Napco like I had. Mine was a cab & chassis from factory I bought with no bed and put a 9' Reading utility bed on.

I hope you get a chance to check it out. This is the kind of stuff I dig with these trucks