AD ? truck

[51 okie]

Sorry for my ignorance but what does that mean, AD truck? I've seen it written and I searched around but without success. Any help?

Thanks.

[weldvair@embarqmail.]

Advanced design.......Don

[51 okie]

Thanks for responding Don. Does that refer to the improvements we as truck guys do, or is that refering to a specific period of truck/
Thanks again

[mylow53]

the diffrence between the 1946 and 1947 trucks is significant. the cab was the largest ever allowing up to 3 men in the front seat.... it was quite an advancement.. chevy coined the phrase in their marketing material
GT

[51 okie]

Ahhh. I see, I see. So 47 on is considered AD , I'm assuming through 1st series. Thanks mylow, I feel that much smarter.

[blackdiesel]

Yes and the 55 2nd though 59 is a TF truck (task force)

[51 okie]

cool. bigger n badder

[sweet70beast]

41-47.1 is called Art Deco Series. 47 is like 55 in the fact that there was a mid year change in the body style. A lot of people don't know that.

[BigJock]

Duplicated post,I'm not sure how to delete!

[BigJock]

Originally Posted by weldvair@embarqmail.

Advanced design.......Don

Not trying to nit pick Don but it's actually' ADVANCE' DESIGN without the 'D.

I was corrected myself a while back.
In fact we got some T shirts made over on the HAMB and made the same mistake!
Still cool tees though......

Spot the typo!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2601498...7624605336313/

[Atomsplitter]

OK, since we're nit-picking....did you know the slogan for the GMC's of the time was "New Design".
It's true, I read it on the internet!

http://www.1954advance-design.com/A-D_factoids/

[BigJock]

Well Atom, ya live and learn! I've saved that page to favorites.

BTW I was not nit picking,just stating a fact, I read it on the Stovebolt,which I trust way more than the WWW!

[nickp51chevy]

The 1947 Chevrolet pickup design had been in the works in Harley Earl's GM Styling Section since at least 1942. Harley J. Earl was GM's first vice president of design and the undisputed trend leader in American vehicle design. Precisely who was involved in the 1947 truck designs is uncertain. However, several clay models from 1943 showed the beginnings of the 1947 design: headlights integrated into the front fenders, tall hood, and split windshield. But these clays also had more sedanlike grilles and bumpers. Where the final production grille and interior came from also remains a mystery.

There was no identifiable truck studio within GM Styling during and just after World War II. GM's first dedicated truck and coach studio, under Luther W. Stier, came into being on November 21, 1949. However, Lu Stier had previously been a member of the Chevrolet passenger-car studio, so it's possible that he'd been one of the designers working on the new look for Chevy's 1947 trucks.

Fisher Body, the General Motors division that produced sheetmetal stampings for GM automobiles, had nothing to do with truck bodies. For the corporation's trucks and commercial vehicles, body engineering and production were done internally by the Chevrolet and GMC divisions. Chevy and GMC likewise de*signed and created their own body dies.

Stampings were produced in GM's Indianapolis, Indiana, facility and then shipped out to Chevrolet and GMC truck assembly plants in Janesville, Wisconsin; Nor*wood, Ohio; Flint, Michigan; Oak*land and Los Ange*les, California; Tarry*town, New York; St. Louis, Missouri; Kan**sas City, Kansas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Bal*timore, Mary*land.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1947-1...let-trucks.htm

[Russell Ashley]

Is it true that AD trucks had a negative ground electrical system while the ND GMC's had a positive ground system? This is stated in the factoid link above. That seems strange to me that GM would have done it that way, considering the similarities in the trucks and the confusion that it might have caused.

[MrDude_1]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

Is it true that AD trucks had a negative ground electrical system while the ND GMC's had a positive ground system? This is stated in the factoid link above. That seems strange to me that GM would have done it that way, considering the similarities in the trucks and the confusion that it might have caused.

at the time, there was no "standard"... and GMC wasnt considered 'like Chevy' or vica-versa... they were two independently run companies that happened to share a parent and sometimes worked together.

[Tuned55]

Originally Posted by 51 okie

Sorry for my ignorance but what does that mean, AD truck? I've seen it written and I searched around but without success. Any help?

Thanks.

Pleae don't feel too badly I asked the very same question when I joined this forum. {)

[special-K]

I never heard AD,either,until I saw it here more recently. These days people want to abbreviate about anything and it leaves people wondering sometimes. Language,it's a beautiful thing

[BigJock]

Originally Posted by special-K

I never heard AD,either,until I saw it here more recently. These days people want to abbreviate about anything and it leaves people wondering sometimes. Language,it's a beautiful thing

You'll also hear the later 55-59 trucks referred to as TF series (Task Force)

Abbreviating things saves us 'less keyboard literate' (me included) a ton of typing....