1957 Chevy Suburban 4x4 - Page 2 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Russell Ashley · 02-04-2017, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Don't know if its a napco or not but I've hung onto this pic for some time..always thought it was neat..

This is an interesting truck. I like the extra doors and would love to know the story behind it.

mr48chev · 02-04-2017, 03:14 PM

Well the devil is in the details but Napco conversion or factory rolled out the door you still need to know those little details.

Over the years I have met more than one guy who swore that his Napco conversion was a "factory" 4x4 though and that line of thinking was probably because it was sold new off the dealer's lot that way. Actually until a couple of years ago I had thought that the trucks were drop shipped to the Napco facility for conversion and then shipped on to the dealers from there much as many conversion rigs are done today. I didn't know that the dealers actually got a two wheel drive truck and a kit in a crate to do the swap

02-04-2017, 03:14 PM	#27
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,405	Re: 1957 Chevy Suburban 4x4 Well the devil is in the details but Napco conversion or factory rolled out the door you still need to know those little details. Over the years I have met more than one guy who swore that his Napco conversion was a "factory" 4x4 though and that line of thinking was probably because it was sold new off the dealer's lot that way. Actually until a couple of years ago I had thought that the trucks were drop shipped to the Napco facility for conversion and then shipped on to the dealers from there much as many conversion rigs are done today. I didn't know that the dealers actually got a two wheel drive truck and a kit in a crate to do the swap __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.



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