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Old October 7th, 2015, 04:31 PM
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Default U9000.<------anyone know what this means

Hail? My 1966 1500 has this decal reading "U900" on each side of the front fender, the truck was like likely originally purchased in western Colorado although I'm not 100% positive of that. I'm curious if anybody knows the significance of this decal. Some people have speculated that it may have been something related to a government issued truck or something.

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Old October 7th, 2015, 04:37 PM
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Trying again with another picture

No idea why the pics are upside down.... Doh
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Old October 8th, 2015, 01:11 AM
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Default Re: U9000.<------anyone know what this means

It was probably a unit number for some kind of truck fleet. It could have been private business or a government entity, like city, county state etc.

I could load and flip your second pic but the first one would not come up and load for me.

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Old October 8th, 2015, 02:05 AM
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Default Re: U9000.<------anyone know what this means

Back in the days of the ICC all trucks in Utah had to show the registered weight, so a 3/4 ton truck most of the time had U9000, meaning Utah 9000 lbs.

What that tells you is this truck once lived in Utah.
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Old October 13th, 2015, 04:23 PM
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I believe the truck was once in Grand Junction, Colorado... Which is about as close to Utah as you can get!
I was told when I bought it that "two owners ago" it was bought in Grand Junction, but that is just what I was told. The Utah link is certainly interesting though.

What's ICC?


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The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies. Congress expanded ICC authority to regulate other modes of commerce beginning in 1906. The agency was abolished in 1995, and its remaining functions were transferred to the Surface Transportation Board.
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