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Old 08-17-2015, 07:25 PM   #5
GB SISSON
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Default Re: Help with 7.00X17 tires, Budd wheels, '39 3/4 ton followed me home

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Originally Posted by NealinCA View Post
Are 40-41 closed drive also? I was under the impression that they went to open drive in 40.
Starting in 1940 all the commercial trucks were changed to a Hotchkiss drive system (open driveline) . At the same time the fronts were changed to fore and aft type springs. The width increase in the tonners wasn't til '42.
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