Today, I was in the only fairly local junkyard that has anything that may be considered classic and will actually let you walk around. In my exploration I ran across a reasonably well preserved metal box labelled "Anthes" in the corner of a Chevy 4400 dump truck, 1953 vintage. In the box were the three sets of stand up reflectors. I though this was kind of neat, maybe a one off, but in a different AD large truck I found some more of the same reflectors under the seat sans box. It struck me as a little odd that I would find them in two different GM trucks so I was wondering....... Does anyone have any info about these kits? Were they perhaps standard in large trucks of the time? Another rabbit trial by Josh
ICC Saftey Reflectors Oh yes , those were in every truck over 2 tons at one time , some of the more DeLuxe kits had cute little red cloth flags that hung off the reflectors.... I bet I have a set or two way in the back of my garage , in the original red box... If you can buy them cheap , they make wonderful show details after you re-paint them.... OBTW : my alleged mind says that " ICC " stands for Interstate Commerce Comission .
Thanks for the answer Nate, but I'm still a little confused. Were they Chevrolet issued, dealer issued or just required like safety equipment is nowadays?
ICC Reflectors They were required and sometime the dealer made a handy profit selling them when they sold you the truck , other times you'd buy them after the initial purchase . Sort of like the ICC numbers we used to paint on the sides of the bed . Many people simply ignored the requirement completely . Over the years I've cherry picked many a set out of old junkers but I always either gave them away or left under the seat of the truck I was driving when I found them... Example : in the 1960's U-Haul had them in every truck they rented in Massachusetts , they were screwed to the floor in panel trucks , right behind the driver's seat and many times we'd upen the box and unscrew them just to make room in the load area........
