Hello Hambers, much respect for this community and I think I may have found myself a gem! Now I'm aware this could just be me caring about something to feel some value that doesn't really have any, but at least thought it was kinda cool. I lived cheap for years, saved up some cash, and managed to get one of my dreams, a 1934 pickup. It had been built in the early 70s and stored in a bard for 25 years. It had a current ***le and was registered so that was nice too. The funny thing is the VIN, when I look it up, it doesn't exist, but it's right here on the registration. I did some digging and found out that the VIN listed is an original code that says it was 942 in production! It seems that 1934 was the first year of the dedicated Chevy truck. I'd love any opinions on this, am I understanding the code wrong? MT00942 Manual/Truck production #. Not sure if I can ever find out if it's the oldest Chevy truck on the streets, but I'll cruise car shows for the friendly challenge haha. Have your old VINs given up any cool info? Is there anyway I can find out more from this code?
GM Heritage center archives show 1930 and maybe earlier trucks but from reading the 1934 page from the archives I'd have to say that you are correct in your ***umption that 34 was the first year that the truck didn't share anything with the car body and ch***is wise. Top page or two are always blank on these pfd's. pages (gmheritagecenter.com) You might have to use this link to get to that link. I'm not quite understanding the snow tires/mud grips on it though.
Starting in 1918, Chevrolet began selling a commercial version of the 490 p***. car and a 1 ton truck. A '34 pickup would be a model DB ... The snow tires look right at home for a farm rod ...
Haha, and here I've been pretty stoked on those tires. It came with old bias tires that were falling apart, I didn't want to get my dream set of wheels and tires yet, I was hoping for something that looked somewhat vintage, could go 75 mph if needed, and were inexpensive. I found those deestone tires and no regrets. New wheels and tires only cost me $860
And yet, they look like a million bucks.................... But seriously dude, nice truck.....Refreshing to see an old-girl chevy that hasn't had the transverse leaf front suspension stuck under it. Imagine if we tried to tell all the Ford guys that they should change to parallel leaf................
That is a great looking truck, I even like the mud grip tires on the front! Just curious what is the material wrapped around the master cylinder on the firewall?
like the wheels, don't understand the use of snow tires esp on the front. Knew a guy who had a 34 chevy truck in the 70's, his wife daily drove it till it had a small dash fire. At that point she refused to, drove their firebird instead. Of course having a baby about that time might have entered into it.
I had just converted from front drums to disc and took it out for a drive, about 30 minutes in I was at a red light and saw a huge puff of white smoke, thought oh ****, then a minute later another one. **** the truck down to take a look. The brake fluid was dripping and landing right on the header! I had some cloth in there so I just wrapped it to keep it tight for now
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