Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread - Page 41 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

vintovka · 01-10-2022, 11:23 PM

I remember them all -- especially the drop side van. I looked at it like kids look at transformer toys.

1project2many · 01-11-2022, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

1961 Chevy TV commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwkOPwOb1Y

Four eyed TF at 2:01.

1project2many · 01-11-2022, 03:19 PM

Russell Ashley · 01-11-2022, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

1961 Chevy TV commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwkOPwOb1Y

When is the last time anyone here saw one of those 61 pickup trucks with a wide bed, chrome trim on the sides, and two tone paint? I have seen an occasional one but not in a very long time. People didn't seem to embrace that torsion bar front suspension so maybe 61 was a bad year for Chevys.

svr · 01-12-2022, 12:41 AM

What could have been

nvrdone · 01-12-2022, 10:17 AM

that looks better than the current Escalade.

_Ogre · 01-12-2022, 09:34 PM

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little

Russell Ashley · 01-13-2022, 10:52 AM

The wings are a little overboard, but other than that I like it.

**Dan in Pasadena** · 01-14-2022, 12:48 AM

1958 Chevy was one of the ugliest cars ever made. Not too surprising Cadillac designed something this ugly and thought it would sell. I wonder why they didn't go through with it?

**Steeveedee** · 01-14-2022, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

1958 Chevy was one of the ugliest cars ever made. Not too surprising Cadillac designed something this ugly and thought it would sell. I wonder why they didn't go through with it?

I've always felt the same about the '58s. You'd have to go to the '30s and look at some Hudsons to top that.

MiraclePieCo · 01-18-2022, 02:44 AM

Gone to pasture:

MARTINSR · 01-18-2022, 10:38 AM

How about this dealership that collapsed. Don't have the story, but there was an AD on the roof, wild!

Brian

1project2many · 01-18-2022, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

Gone to pasture:

I'm crying in my coffee right now.

**oldman3** · 01-18-2022, 11:17 AM

Hey Brain, people been asking about you, haven't seen you posting lately. Good to see this today...Jim

nvrdone · 01-19-2022, 12:25 AM

Brian: Good to see your back. Where you been hiding or did the people in Idaho send you back to Cali????

**Hcb3200** · 01-19-2022, 07:53 PM

Its a REO but when its got your name on it does not matter make and model

MiraclePieCo · 01-19-2022, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Hcb3200

Its a REO but when its got your name on it does not matter make and model

Family business?

**Hcb3200** · 01-20-2022, 02:51 PM

I was back in the 40/50's Ran a oil distribution That would be my grandfather and my dad and uncle.
Dad and uncle learned to drive in that tanker.
I would be the III hence why I like the picture.

always thought about getting a reo 1.5 ton and making a custom camper look like that on outside would be cool.

**Dan in Pasadena** · 01-20-2022, 03:45 PM

This thread is supposed to be about OUR trucks - Chevy and GMC - but since it's my thread and I love old trucks an REO passes muster. Let's see more!

MARTINSR · 01-24-2022, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by oldman3

Hey Brain, people been asking about you, haven't seen you posting lately. Good to see this today...Jim

Thanks, I come here often and have nothing to post being I haven't worked on my truck for one reason or another. So I just look around at what you guys are doing.

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Originally Posted by nvrdone

Brian: Good to see your back. Where you been hiding or did the people in Idaho send you back to Cali????

Thanks, no Idaho is great, I just haven't worked on my truck much because of a bunch of reasons. Hope to get back to it soon.

Brian

Keith Seymore · 01-24-2022, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

1958 Chevy was one of the ugliest cars ever made. Not too surprising Cadillac designed something this ugly and thought it would sell. I wonder why they didn't go through with it?

That's a modern photoshop.

A luxury SUV was not on anybody's radar in the late 1950s.

Luxury SUVs were not on MY radar, even when I joined the GM Luxury SUV group in 1999. (I was in engineering program management for the 2001 Denali and the 2002 Escalade).

K

**Dan in Pasadena** · 01-24-2022, 09:23 PM

Good to know GM never had a designer that drew something THAT ugly! Lol

MARTINSR · 01-25-2022, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Good to know GM never had a designer that drew something THAT ugly! Lol

If you guys want to dive into real GM design stuff move into the neighborhood of Harley Earl who was head of the design studio for GM in the fifties. It's AMAZING seeing the stuff they did. His grandson has a great facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HarleyJEarl88 and http://www.harleyjearl.com/ is an amazing site to see things he did.

Check it out, some very cool stuff!

Brian

Keith Seymore · 01-25-2022, 12:23 PM

Stumbled across this article while looking for something else:

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/08...-chuck-jordan/

MARTINSR · 01-25-2022, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Stumbled across this article while looking for something else:

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/08...-chuck-jordan/

Yep, Chuck joined the team at GM design in the mid 50's and took over Harley Earl's job in the late 50's. He is responsible for the Mid year Corvette, the Rivieras up until 73 and many others of course.

Brian

01-10-2022, 11:23 PM	#1001
vintovka Registered User Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Hunkered Down Posts: 1,886	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread I remember them all -- especially the drop side van. I looked at it like kids look at transformer toys. __________________ 1954 USAF 3100 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=714917

01-11-2022, 03:19 PM	#1003
1project2many Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Lakes Region NH Posts: 3,198	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread Attached Images

01-12-2022, 12:41 AM	#1005
svr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Othello washington Posts: 400	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread What could have been Attached Images __________________ 57 short box, 235, T5, C4 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=739132

01-12-2022, 10:17 AM	#1006
nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,479	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread that looks better than the current Escalade. __________________ 49 chevy 3100 3 window. 327 / m21 4 spd, 12 bolt w/ 3:55's Bought in 1973 for $235.00. Had it longer than my wife & Kids!!

01-12-2022, 09:34 PM	#1007
_Ogre Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Motown Posts: 7,680	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread I think I just threw up in my mouth a little __________________ cool, an ogre smiley Ogre's 58 Truk build how to put your truck year and build thread into your signature shop air compressor timer

01-13-2022, 10:52 AM	#1008
Russell Ashley Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga Posts: 2,648	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread The wings are a little overboard, but other than that I like it.

01-14-2022, 12:48 AM	#1009
Dan in Pasadena Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora, CA Posts: 6,340	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread 1958 Chevy was one of the ugliest cars ever made. Not too surprising Cadillac designed something this ugly and thought it would sell. I wonder why they didn't go through with it? __________________ '55 Big Window Shortbed, Drive-It-&-Work-On-It slid down the "slippery slope" to a Frame-Off Rodstoration! LQ4/4l85e/C4 IFS/Mustang 8.8 rearend w/3.73's Dan's '55 Big Window "Build" - Well, Kinda! Last edited by Rickysnickers; 01-14-2022 at 11:23 AM.

01-18-2022, 02:44 AM	#1011
MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread Gone to pasture: Attached Images __________________ 1951 Chevy Panel Truck

01-18-2022, 10:38 AM	#1012
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread How about this dealership that collapsed. Don't have the story, but there was an AD on the roof, wild! Brian Attached Images __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

01-18-2022, 11:17 AM	#1014
oldman3 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: West Plains, Missouri Posts: 7,559	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread Hey Brain, people been asking about you, haven't seen you posting lately. Good to see this today...Jim __________________ my build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=459839 Jimbo's long bed step build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...t=464626<br />

01-19-2022, 12:25 AM	#1015
nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,479	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread Brian: Good to see your back. Where you been hiding or did the people in Idaho send you back to Cali???? __________________ 49 chevy 3100 3 window. 327 / m21 4 spd, 12 bolt w/ 3:55's Bought in 1973 for $235.00. Had it longer than my wife & Kids!!

01-19-2022, 07:53 PM	#1016
Hcb3200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Suwanee GA Posts: 264	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread Its a REO but when its got your name on it does not matter make and model Attached Images

01-20-2022, 02:51 PM	#1018
Hcb3200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Suwanee GA Posts: 264	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread I was back in the 40/50's Ran a oil distribution That would be my grandfather and my dad and uncle. Dad and uncle learned to drive in that tanker. I would be the III hence why I like the picture. always thought about getting a reo 1.5 ton and making a custom camper look like that on outside would be cool.

01-20-2022, 03:45 PM	#1019
Dan in Pasadena Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora, CA Posts: 6,340	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread This thread is supposed to be about OUR trucks - Chevy and GMC - but since it's my thread and I love old trucks an REO passes muster. Let's see more! __________________ '55 Big Window Shortbed, Drive-It-&-Work-On-It slid down the "slippery slope" to a Frame-Off Rodstoration! LQ4/4l85e/C4 IFS/Mustang 8.8 rearend w/3.73's Dan's '55 Big Window "Build" - Well, Kinda!

01-24-2022, 09:23 PM	#1022
Dan in Pasadena Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora, CA Posts: 6,340	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread Good to know GM never had a designer that drew something THAT ugly! Lol __________________ '55 Big Window Shortbed, Drive-It-&-Work-On-It slid down the "slippery slope" to a Frame-Off Rodstoration! LQ4/4l85e/C4 IFS/Mustang 8.8 rearend w/3.73's Dan's '55 Big Window "Build" - Well, Kinda!



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01-25-2022, 12:23 PM	#1024
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,213	Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread Stumbled across this article while looking for something else: https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/08...-chuck-jordan/ __________________ Chevrolet Flint Assembly 1979-1986 GM Full Size Truck Engineering 1986 - 2019 Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/

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