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Old 02-20-2005, 10:17 PM   #1
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GM 4X4 Question

What year did General Motors first offer four wheel dirve as a "Factory Option" on pickups? Not an after market conversion, etc.

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Old 02-20-2005, 10:22 PM   #2
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1960

Although i believe that you coudl get some starting in 1957 with 4x4 but they had a NAPCO conversion on them....'60 was the first year of a factory engineered 4x4 truck.
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Old 02-20-2005, 11:27 PM   #3
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Lucas is correct. 1960 is the first year for the GM-designed 4x4. In the early 50s the Napco Powr-Pak was introduced, but it was installed at the dealership on a new 2wd truck. Then in the late 50's, GM would add the 4 wheel drive on at the assembly line, but it was still Napco pieces.
Napco kept making 4x4 conversions into the 70s.
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Old 02-20-2005, 11:34 PM   #4
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Gonna move this over to the 4x4 forum now that you have the answer.
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Old 02-20-2005, 11:53 PM   #5
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It was just talked about on here. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php3?t=140391
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