looking for vin plate no luck yet, Only markings I can find are M16-C2 39940 on the firewall. Everything looks pretty darn stock, clock show 93 k on it. engine was drained with crankcase vent tube laying in the engine compartment with the dip stick. put about 3 gallons of used rotila oil from my duramax to soak it down. Removed the plugs to soak cylinders with marvel, plugs looked a little carboned but burning clean otherwise . Any info please share.
I am not sure about the early trucks, but the 2r series had the vin plate the back wall of the step well. Trucks 1949-59 had them located there. I am just assuming earlier M models had them in the same place
Might check with this guy who has something similar in Riverside. https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/d/perris-1947-studebaker-m15a-series-1/7183235109.html 1947 Studebaker M15A series 1 ton Flatbed truck - $875 (Riverside hills)
I'm not up on everything M series, but the tag on the cowl is not the serial tag, that's a body tag and has nothing to do with the serial number. Pre-war M's have the serial tag on the left "A" post between the hinges. Also on the left frame rail. The post war trucks have it as nearly described above in a previous post, on the left side seat riser.
Is there a Studebaker website that has archival information on the trucks? I know that with my son's International pickup, that I was finally able to get all the information we needed from a site that posted all the serial numbers with the year and place of manufacture. I'll have a look to see what I can find. Bob
Here are the links to some sites that I hope will be helpful http://www.studegarage.com/REFDATA/m_production_nums.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_M-series_truck http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/studebakertruckhistory.asp https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blo...m16-truck-so-good-even-joe-stalin-owned-them/ I would have loved to had the chance to own one of the military 6x6 trucks. (Just because). Bob Edit: I was just doing some further browsing on the curbside site, and in the archives, there are historical and informational links for the majority of the older vehicles. For someone working on older trucks, there may be some hidden gold here. Bob
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