Need help decoding engine casting number

[cloud_silver]

Hi,

My friend has just gotten a old 30's Chevy 1.5 ton truck for free, but we are not quite sure what year it is. So we where hoping that the engine could give us a clue, since the body has been changed to a newer model and the information plate is missing.

The engine number is: T1349057

Thanks in advance!

Edited September 12, 2011 by cloud_silver (see edit history)

[Guest Oracle]

The serial number could be a 1938 Truck engine, built in Flint Motor Plant. In which case it's a 216. The front end will confirm which year it is, or should....depends if the radiator grille is original or not! I think Norge received trucks from GM International, Kobenhaven.

[cloud_silver]

Here is a picture of the side of the truck I took yesterday after we had moved it in doors. It is a late 30's front so it could be a 38. The guy he got it from said it was a 34 because of the mechanical brakes but we saw that it was a newer front on it. But we don't complain, it was free. :thumbsup:

[cloud_silver]

And also the intake number on that engine reads 838398, isn't that a 37-38 intake?

[cloud_silver]

Hi,

There are some numbers on the transmission as well, but they confuse me since one of the numbers I searched after was for an '28 truck, did they use the same transmission for ten years? or is this number just for the case (590328)?

the numbers are:

8mf

590389

590328

Any info would be very appreciated, thanks in advance.

[cloud_silver]

I finally found out that the truck is a 131.5" Chevrolet TA or TB (don't really know the difference between those two) 1.5ton truck. And it has been shortened in and it's now using a older drivetrain that fits the current length of the truck.

[Guest Oracle]

1938 TA = single rear wheels

1938 TB = dual rear wheels