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    Although I have compiled the data on literally thousands of deuces, I do not have enough data amassed yet to feel comfortable publishing a "master list" The most common vehicles in the collector market came from the South Bend plant. Those that begin with M are broken out earlier. Those...
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    General Products Division existed from March of 1970 through March of 1971. Best wishes, David Doyle "Supply Line" is changing - check it out!
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    Indeed, all the Studes I've examined have a SN beginning with M, followed by five numerals. (incidentally, so do the C-W, U-B, and S-P i.e. all the South Bend-built trucks prior to Kaiser-Jeep.) All the Reo (and Lansing Division of White; i.e., all the Lansing-built trucks) I've examined have...
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    The army purchased hundreds, if not thousands, or replacement data plates from Reo. Through the years, they have been applied rather broadly to trucks of all makes. So, just cause the plate says Reo doesn't mean it IS a Reo - in fact, in my estimation there exists today more faux Reos than...
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    Sorry to say I will miss both of those - I'm "on the road again...."
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    The real giveaway is the 1970 date of manufacture, which matches with the registration number and serial number. AM General didn't exist until March 1971. DD
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    The truck in question was built by Kaiser-Jeep. IF a truck had its originally factory-installed engine it might be possible to correlate that to the truck manufacturer - but relatively few of these trucks have their original engines. HTH, David Doyle
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