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Chevrolet Step Van any help with the year ect. appreciated

 

The Chevrolet Step-Van (and its badge-engineered counterpart, the GMC Value-Van) is a multi-stop truck made by General Motors from 1940 to 1998.

 

The first generation of General Motors multi-stop delivery van was called the Dubl-Duti, introduced in 1940. The van was built on the 115-inch (2,921 mm) chassis of the Chevrolet pickup truck, with a body built by Divco Twin.

 

A new generation of Dubl-Duti was introduced for model year 1949, with two different wheelbases shared with the medium-duty Advance Design pickup trucks: the model 3742 with 125+1⁄4-inch (3,181 mm) wheelbase, and 137-inch (3,480 mm) log model 3942 . The Thriftmaster engine was carried over for the 1949 and 1950 model years, and replaced for 1951 by the 235.5-cubic-inch (3.9 L) Loadmaster engine. The Dubl-Duti ceased production in 1955.

 

In 1955, a new series of Chevrolet forward-control chassis launched, similar to the previous Dubl-Duti, available in three sizes the model 3442 with a 104 inch wheel base, Model 3542 with a 125 inch wheel base and Model 3752 at 137 inches. All models were available only with the Loadmaster six-cylinder engine, which was renamed the Thrift Master Special from 1956. The 265-cubic-inch (4.3 L) Trademaster V8 engine was available as an option in 1956 and 1957. Until 1958, GM only made the rolling forward-control chassis for other coachbuilders such as Boyertown, De Kalb, Dayton T. Brown, Olson, Alf-Herman, Universal, and Montpelier to fit specialized van bodies to. Beginning in 1958, GM began selling its own steel bodies on its forward-control chassis, and called the new vans Step-Van. The bodies were installed by the Union City Body Company, a GM subsidiary based in Union City, Indiana. The first generation Step-Vans became known as the following the introduction of the Square Front in 1964.

 

A new shortened model called the also known as the Step-van 7 was introduced in 1961o named for its 7-foot (2.1 m) body on a new 102-inch (2,591 mm) wheelbase.

 

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