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Happy Truck Thursday! First, I have to say that I love these old panel vans so I was thrilled to find one way back in a yard not too far from my home (still limited driving time). This Chevy 3100 panel van looks to be very restorable. I don't know the year because I had to shoot this from the road. Generally from the 1940's to 1950's. The owner has a beautifully restored low rider pickup so I may ask his permission to shoot it in exchange for a nice print.
Panel trucks were traditionally purchased by commercial users with specific needs, for which a full-size truck was too large, a station wagon too small and a pickup truck too exposed. Most panel trucks lived hard lives, driven until the cost of repair could no longer be justified before being hauled off to the local scrapyard.
Chevrolet's first major redesign post-World War II, the Advance-Design series was billed as a bigger, stronger, and sleeker design in comparison to the earlier AK Series. First available on Saturday June 28, 1947, these trucks were sold with various minor changes over the years until March 25, 1955, when the Task Force Series trucks replaced the aging Advance-Design model.
The same basic design family was used for all of its trucks including the Suburban, panel trucks, canopy express and cab overs. The cab overs used the same basic cab configuration and similar grille but used a shorter and taller hood and different fenders. The unique Cab Over fenders and hood required a custom cowl area which makes the Cab Over Engine cabs and normal truck cabs incompatible with one another while all truck cabs of all weights interchange.
From 1947 until 1955, Chevrolet trucks were number one in sales in the United States, with rebranded versions sold at GMC locations.[3]
While General Motors used this front end sheet metal, and to a slightly lesser extent the cab, on all of its trucks except for the Cab Overs, there are three main sizes of this truck: the half-, three-quarter-, and full ton capacities in short and long wheelbase
A lovely gleaming pre 1950 Chevrolet Deluxe seen at the Manningtree Vehicle Show in Essex, England. This is 3 exposures with -1+ stops bracketing, then Photomatix for HDR and tonemapping, and finally Photoshop for the finishing touches.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Canon EOS Rebel XSI
Canon EOS 18-55 IS
Lightroom 3
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Z26 Berettas were only made from 1994 to 1996. They are rarely found in any condition now, let alone in such excellent shape. Chipping black finish on the B-pillar is totally excusable. That was sometimes already happening on the dealership lot when these were brand-new.
Here is an old 3800 that's been for sale for a while now, on the corner of 17th and Cermak in Broadview.