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white 67 · 01-23-2013, 12:26 AM

I got a glove box door off a old army c10 yesterday and noticed it has a option i have never seen. 9913AJ photograph unit. I just wanted to see if anyone knows what it was.

**Already Gone** · 01-23-2013, 12:50 AM

Sounds like a question for SSTIM.

**jocko** · 01-23-2013, 01:50 AM

sounds like military terminology for "camera"....

over and out.

daves72C10D · 01-23-2013, 06:35 AM

Did it also have a flat stake bed?

SS Tim · 01-23-2013, 08:01 AM

Interesting SPID, but it is for a C20 factory stake truck. The 9000 series (fleet option) options listed are pretty much as expected but the "photograph unit" is something I haven't seen before. If I were to speculate it would be for a decal group. It is unlikely that it is an actual camera or a photolab module, but possible. Could you post the full SPID and VIN at least through year and plant?

white 67 · 01-23-2013, 09:05 AM

Here is the rest of it, it had a newer bed siting on it someone must have taken the flat bed.

white 67 · 01-23-2013, 09:06 AM

Last one

SS Tim · 01-23-2013, 09:27 AM

Thanks for the pictures they are great to have. Did you see 12 quarts of undercoating? Also did you see, by chance, and get a picture of the radiator sight gauge? Has anyone else?

**Ironangel** · 01-23-2013, 09:47 AM

"Its Classified!"

**steelhorse** · 01-23-2013, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Ironangel

"Its Classified!"

LOL

Bierkan · 01-23-2013, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by white 67

I got a glove box door off a old army c10 yesterday and noticed it has a option i have never seen. 9913AJ photograph unit. I just wanted to see if anyone knows what it was.

Could it be instructions to provide photographic documentation of the truck prior to shipment? Could be that they wanted a base line documentation of the truck from the factory.

SS Tim · 01-23-2013, 11:01 AM

Might just be that simple, a special processing instruction.

Spartan · 01-23-2013, 02:08 PM

Neat. Would be a fun truck to check out. Nice find
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derick1 · 01-23-2013, 07:26 PM

It might have been a military truck. We have them now, had them in the 80's seems very possiable that they had them then?

pritch · 01-23-2013, 09:55 PM

Super-secret spy truck.

Yeah, several interesting things on that SPID, for sure.

LT4XTREME · 01-23-2013, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Bierkan

Could it be instructions to provide photographic documentation of the truck prior to shipment? Could be that they wanted a base line documentation of the truck from the factory.

That's what it sounds like to me. Jason

white 67 · 01-23-2013, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SS Tim

Thanks for the pictures they are great to have. Did you see 12 quarts of undercoating? Also did you see, by chance, and get a picture of the radiator sight gauge? Has anyone else?

I didnt notice all the option until i got the door home, i did look it over pretty good and didnt see the sight gauge or anything else unusual. It was pretty rough and picked over.

leftybass209 · 01-24-2013, 03:24 AM

It may also have had some kind of mounting system for an actual camera system. I know we had humvees like that in the Army but of course things have changed in 45 years!
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**special-K** · 01-24-2013, 08:43 AM

Military spec call outs aren't something you'll find in GM data books commonly available. I think it means the truck came with a picture

. Ok,not funny,but I tried

67chevemall · 01-24-2013, 05:18 PM

MAC ENGINE DRAIN PLUG ?? wonder what that is

Bierkan · 01-24-2013, 05:54 PM

The G is worn off a bit. It's a magnetic drain plug that will collect any shavings as an indication of excessive engine wear.

pritch · 01-25-2013, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by 67chevemall

MAC ENGINE DRAIN PLUG ?? wonder what that is

There's also 'Magnetic Plugs' too. I wonder if that is for all the others, like tranny and rear end?

01-23-2013, 12:26 AM	#1
white 67 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: coupeville ,washington Posts: 348	Odd Army truck option I got a glove box door off a old army c10 yesterday and noticed it has a option i have never seen. 9913AJ photograph unit. I just wanted to see if anyone knows what it was. Attached Images

01-23-2013, 12:50 AM	#2
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01-23-2013, 01:50 AM	#3
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,995	Re: Odd Army truck option sounds like military terminology for "camera".... over and out.

01-23-2013, 06:35 AM	#4
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01-23-2013, 08:01 AM	#5
SS Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Edwards, CA Posts: 7,507	Re: Odd Army truck option Interesting SPID, but it is for a C20 factory stake truck. The 9000 series (fleet option) options listed are pretty much as expected but the "photograph unit" is something I haven't seen before. If I were to speculate it would be for a decal group. It is unlikely that it is an actual camera or a photolab module, but possible. Could you post the full SPID and VIN at least through year and plant? __________________ Thanks, Tim * VIN/Model Decoders * Power Team Charts (engine/transmission/gear ratio) * Post Your Pickup SPID Blazer SPID Suburban/Panel SPID * RTFM ... Read The Factory Manuals... download 'em here Highlanders Do you have a 1972 Plaid Pickup? Plaid Blazer ** Plaid Suburban

01-23-2013, 09:05 AM	#6
white 67 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: coupeville ,washington Posts: 348	Re: Odd Army truck option Here is the rest of it, it had a newer bed siting on it someone must have taken the flat bed. Attached Images

01-23-2013, 09:06 AM	#7
white 67 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: coupeville ,washington Posts: 348	Re: Odd Army truck option Last one Attached Images

01-23-2013, 09:27 AM	#8
SS Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Edwards, CA Posts: 7,507	Re: Odd Army truck option Thanks for the pictures they are great to have. Did you see 12 quarts of undercoating? Also did you see, by chance, and get a picture of the radiator sight gauge? Has anyone else? __________________ Thanks, Tim * VIN/Model Decoders * Power Team Charts (engine/transmission/gear ratio) * Post Your Pickup SPID Blazer SPID Suburban/Panel SPID * RTFM ... Read The Factory Manuals... download 'em here Highlanders Do you have a 1972 Plaid Pickup? Plaid Blazer ** Plaid Suburban

01-23-2013, 09:47 AM	#9
Ironangel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Falls City, Nebraska "100 Miles From Nowhere" Posts: 2,219	Re: Odd Army truck option "Its Classified!" __________________ Michael of the clan Hill, "Two Seventy Two's" 71 1-ton Dually 350 4-Speed 71 C/50 Grain Truck, 350 Split-Axle 4-Speed 02 3/4 ton Express 14 Indian Chief Vintage 1952 Ford 8N, "Only Ford Allowed On The Property" "Be American, Buy American"

01-23-2013, 11:01 AM	#12
SS Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Edwards, CA Posts: 7,507	Re: Odd Army truck option Might just be that simple, a special processing instruction. __________________ Thanks, Tim * VIN/Model Decoders * Power Team Charts (engine/transmission/gear ratio) * Post Your Pickup SPID Blazer SPID Suburban/Panel SPID * RTFM ... Read The Factory Manuals... download 'em here Highlanders Do you have a 1972 Plaid Pickup? Plaid Blazer ** Plaid Suburban

01-23-2013, 02:08 PM	#13
Spartan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Backwoods, OR Posts: 888	Re: Odd Army truck option Neat. Would be a fun truck to check out. Nice find Posted via Mobile Device __________________ '69 K20 350/4 speed/Rockwell/D44/HO52. "orange rhymes with door hinge"

01-23-2013, 07:26 PM	#14
derick1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: St. Robert, MO Posts: 32	Re: Odd Army truck option It might have been a military truck. We have them now, had them in the 80's seems very possiable that they had them then?

01-23-2013, 09:55 PM	#15
pritch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hoytsville, Utah Posts: 3,365	Re: Odd Army truck option Super-secret spy truck. Yeah, several interesting things on that SPID, for sure. __________________ '68 Panel Project Boogie Chillin' '68 C-10 Ol' Green

01-24-2013, 03:24 AM	#18
leftybass209 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 2,189	Re: Odd Army truck option It may also have had some kind of mounting system for an actual camera system. I know we had humvees like that in the Army but of course things have changed in 45 years! Posted via Mobile Device

01-24-2013, 08:43 AM	#19
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01-24-2013, 05:18 PM	#20
67chevemall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NB Posts: 3,367	Re: Odd Army truck option MAC ENGINE DRAIN PLUG ?? wonder what that is __________________ 1968 Chevy C10 307 3ott fleetside 1967 Chevy C/10 V8, 3spd, fleetside lwb.Sold 1967 Chev C/10 step, 383, M21. SOLD

01-24-2013, 05:54 PM	#21
Bierkan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sumner, IA Posts: 213	Re: Odd Army truck option The G is worn off a bit. It's a magnetic drain plug that will collect any shavings as an indication of excessive engine wear. __________________ James "Bierkan" Vierkant 1950 3100 on a 1972 C10 Chassis Truck Blog Motorcycle Blog

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