found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

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found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by Finn42 » Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:26 pm

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I found a WC today. It was restored years ago and the price is high. The owner has passed away and I am forced to do all the detective work to see if she is worth it. The frame has a working Braden winch and I cannot seem to tell if the horns were lengthened for it. The data plate is a repop and is wrong. The cab is a closed type like a WC12. It has the military gauges. It is either a WC40 or WC22 frame with a closed cab on top. Any help appreciated. Not sure if I should post the serial number on the frame. The engine is a post war 230.
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Re: found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by mdainsd » Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:30 am

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Re: found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by zepher11 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:02 am

The serial number should help identify it.
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Re: found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by Finn42 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:01 am

Working on pics. The serial number in all my books says either wc22 or 40. Wonder why it’s vague?
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Re: found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by Ernie Baals » Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:06 am

WC40 did not have a winch
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Re: found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by Finn42 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:14 am

One question to all, if it is indeed a closed cab on and open cab frame, what does that do to the value?
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Post by Ernie Baals » Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:27 am

it does lower it to a collector that wants to restore it back to original
Not so much to a guy that wants a cool truck
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Re: found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by Finn42 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:12 pm

Thanks Ernie. That’s about what I thought. Tom is working on the frame number. Why does everyone insist on having a winch. Amazing the lengths they will go to.
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Re: found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by Dozerman51 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:24 pm

The only sure way to find out what you have is to have the owners family send a copy of the certificate of title to FCA and they will send them a copy of the build card for the serial number listed. What’s the big secret about not posting the serial number on this site?

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Re: found a WC22 or is it a WC40?

Post by Finn42 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:29 pm

Hi dozerman thanks for the reply. I just felt weird about posting the number without the family’s knowing. I guess it doesn’t matter since only Chrysler knows the answer. I thought that there were number ranges for each model but looks like not! Have to roll the dice in this purchase.
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