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| 1. style of the 3/4 ton Chassis Serial Number Plate. |
| This is the plate which is shown in the TM 10-1531, 15 May 1942, 1. Edition. |
| This plate is slightly larger than the later plate. |
| As far as known until today these plates were used up to August/September 1942. |
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| An original one of this plates. |
| It is from a 1942 Carryall wich is in completely unrestored condition. |
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| Instrument panel of open bodys. |
| The data plate shown here is the early one. |
| Scan from the TM 1. Edition May 1942. |
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| 2. style of the 3/4 ton Chassis Serial Number Plate. |
| Data plates are made from brass and zinc during WW2. |
| The plates are done with an etching process that creates raised letters and borders. |
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| REPRO Examples for Data plates: |
| The first one made from brass with black finish is a high quality reproduction made by Steve K. U.S.A. |
| The second one made from zinc with black finish is from an unknown source. |
| This kind of writing is like the Data plate shown in the TM 9-808 from November, 14. 1942 |
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| Reproduction brass data plate attached (November 1942 style): |
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| Original Data plates from 3/4 ton Dodge Trucks: |
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| This one is as far as I know original from a European Army early 1950s |
| special to this one is that they show the model of truck imprinted, here "Command WC 56" |
| For sure they were NOT on the Trucks during WW2 or in the Dodge plant. |
| They are also known with WC 51 for example. |
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