Dorsai Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 It occurs to me that either this month or next marks 40 years since the first Bullnose trucks rolled off the assembly lines. Does anyone know where the oldest surviving Bullnose is? For that matter, who here has the oldest one on the forum? I'm sure it's not me - my truck's build date was 3/20/1980, roughly halfway through the first year's run. So who has an older one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 My old 1980 was built in December of 1979. But I've seen trucks built around August too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 It occurs to me that either this month or next marks 40 years since the first Bullnose trucks rolled off the assembly lines. Does anyone know where the oldest surviving Bullnose is? For that matter, who here has the oldest one on the forum? I'm sure it's not me - my truck's build date was 3/20/1980, roughly halfway through the first year's run. So who has an older one? Well, there was a member on here a while back, and he was posting on Facebook as well, but he bought a 1980 model somewhere in the Mid West (I think?) that had a VIN ending in 00001, and there was some discussion(s) about whether it was the first Bullnose or one of the first, but I don't think that there was any way to confirm that. I believe he even contacted Marti and they told him that there was no way to confirm it. I'm pretty sure that same truck was put back up for sale a few months after that. Does anybody else remember this besides me? I'll go search now and see if I can find it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 It occurs to me that either this month or next marks 40 years since the first Bullnose trucks rolled off the assembly lines. Does anyone know where the oldest surviving Bullnose is? For that matter, who here has the oldest one on the forum? I'm sure it's not me - my truck's build date was 3/20/1980, roughly halfway through the first year's run. So who has an older one? Well, there was a member on here a while back, and he was posting on Facebook as well, but he bought a 1980 model somewhere in the Mid West (I think?) that had a VIN ending in 00001, and there was some discussion(s) about whether it was the first Bullnose or one of the first, but I don't think that there was any way to confirm that. I believe he even contacted Marti and they told him that there was no way to confirm it. I'm pretty sure that same truck was put back up for sale a few months after that. Does anybody else remember this besides me? I'll go search now and see if I can find it... Here is the thread, if this works... http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/Might-possibly-be-the-first-bullnose-to-roll-off-of-the-assembly-line-tp16678.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsai Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 My old 1980 was built in December of 1979. But I've seen trucks built around August too. Funny, I actually remembered that...someone else has a 1979 (November?) build as well, maybe Rogue_Wulff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 My old 1980 was built in December of 1979. But I've seen trucks built around August too. Funny, I actually remembered that...someone else has a 1979 (November?) build as well, maybe Rogue_Wulff? As I typed my response, I thought of him because I'm pretty sure his truck was built before mine. My sequence of assembly was HD0580. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramttocs Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 My old 1980 was built in December of 1979. But I've seen trucks built around August too. Funny, I actually remembered that...someone else has a 1979 (November?) build as well, maybe Rogue_Wulff? As I typed my response, I thought of him because I'm pretty sure his truck was built before mine. My sequence of assembly was HD0580. Mines 1138 but not sure how chassis cabs fit into the sequence. Only stamped date is 10-79 on the chassis cab conformance sticker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsai Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Mines 1138 but not sure how chassis cabs fit into the sequence. Only stamped date is 10-79 on the chassis cab conformance sticker. Is the conformance sticker the same as a door jamb sticker? If so, that makes it the earliest one that I am aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramttocs Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Mines 1138 but not sure how chassis cabs fit into the sequence. Only stamped date is 10-79 on the chassis cab conformance sticker. Is the conformance sticker the same as a door jamb sticker? If so, that makes it the earliest one that I am aware of. Same location but different sticker. The 10-79 is stamped but I don't know if it was stamped en masse and has nothing to do with the truck build date or not. Where are you getting the build date for yours? My later model trucks have the month/year but the 80 has very little info. ---- this may be another cab/chassis difference? I'll post of photo of my door jamb later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsai Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Where are you getting the build date for yours? My later model trucks have the month/year but the 80 has very little info. ---- this may be another cab/chassis difference? I'm getting it from the door jamb sticker. I don't know if this varies by year, assembly plant, or what, but in the clear portion of my sticker, in the upper left above the white part, it has the date 03-20-80 printed on it. I'd post a photo but the printing is extremely faint against the red background of the truck, and I can't get my camera to pick up on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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