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Chevrolet "Advanced Design" Pickup (1947 -1954) HTT Happy Truck Thursday Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
HTT Happy truck Thursday 1947-1953 Chevrolet "Advanced design" pickup Canon EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
Happy Truck Thursday Right 1947-1954 GMC advanced design stake body. Left 1942-1947 Ford Flat bed Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
I believe this GMC flat deck truck is a 1954 (or early 1955). Last year for the Advanced Design cab series.
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Seen in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire on 29 August 2021 during 'Classic Stony 2021'.
A 1949 Chevrolet 3100.
First registered in the UK in November 2005.
Seen in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire on 29 August 2021 during 'Classic Stony 2021'.
A 1957 Chevrolet 3100 pick up truck.
First registered in the UK in November 2018.
I am sure this gave the owner as much fun as a $250,000 Winnebago. Somewhere way out east in Vona, Colorado.
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In 1901, brothers Max and Morris Grabowski started the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company in Pontiac, Michigan. Their vision was to manufacture delivery and pickup trucks for commercial businesses. Their first prototype was a single-cylinder engine that failed, but they didn’t let it stop them.
The Grabowski brothers succeeded in 1902 with a redesigned two-cylinder engine capable of 15 hp. In just a few years, they sold 75 pickup trucks that were not much more than an open cab, wheels, bench seat, frame, and engine.
Two years after incorporating the business in 1904, General Motors Company founder William C. Durant invested heavily in Rapid Motor stock. By 1909, General Motors bought Rapid Motor Vehicle Company and merged the company with another large acquisition, the Reliance Motor Company.
At a 1912 New York Auto Show, they posted signage that became the namesake of this profitable business venture, GMC Trucks. Eight months later they patented that name. Some years later, the General Motors Company was reincorporated and renamed General Motors Corporation.
By 1927, GMC had smoothed out many of the truck’s rough edges. Chrome-plated trim, radiator-mounted headlights, and a more streamlined look married the truck’s workhorse reputation with modern style.
A GMC pickup became synonymous with dependability when a two-ton GMC truck completed a trek from New York to San Francisco in five days. During this time of rapid industrial growth and advancements in technology, this pickup was certainly a part of that period of economic boom.
By the ’30s, GMC trucks were ingrained in American culture. The cars sold so fast it was hard for the company to keep up with demand. Since the truck’s engine was quite hardcore, GMC expanded its pickup styles with more paint colors, swooping fenders along the frame, a front grille redesign, and a more comfortable cabin interior.
By this time, GMC was manufacturing trucks from three locations including Pontiac, Michigan, Oakland, California, and Saint Louis, Missouri.
World War II saw the U.S. Army invest in 600,000 GMC trucks built specifically to handle the demands of rugged terrain. Many of the design features that make GMC trucks so dependable in war zones translated to consumer production models.
The new and improved GMC truck lineup featured a wider and lower body as well as headlights integrated into the truck’s frame. You can still spot post-war production GMC trucks in classic movies and on vintage car lots.
What was probably most unexpected was how GMC truck bodies (especially from 1948-50) became a popular base frame for hot rod conversions during the ’60s.
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1957 Chevy 3100 on a Roadster Shop Chassis w/a Don Hardy built and cleverly disguised LS3 V8
Owner: Eric Morr of Fortville, IN.
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Cincinnati, Ohio. The guy who owns this graciously pulled it out of his garage and across the street so I could get a decent shot of it. I remember seeing it several years ago when it was pretty rough. I think it is still a work in progress. He was telling me that he had to fabricate the rear fenders to make them fit over the dualies. He obviously likes red as he also has a nice Ford deuce coupe and just sold an old Plymouth of roughly the same color.
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I put this was a 1951 Chevrolet, I don't think it was a GMC they have a different grille. Note the name of the store, Rods Liquor. Pretty wild ride and a lot of fun to cruise around town in I bet. I have seen a few of these customized over the years. There is a Ford that goes to shows also and John Force had one made by Chip Foose that was a 1956 Ford School Bus.