Features 48-54 Chevy/GMC trucks! lets see em ALL!!!

I dont have photoshop so I did the best I could with Microsoft paint. A preview of a little of whats to come on my project. shaved handles and trim. Mild chop and air suspension. Running boards will lay level on the ground tho couldnt figure that part out...so the rear will tuck like the front.

 

mine:

 

here's mine, as of this week

 

Hey, I'm doing a biggun' too. Then & now:

 

Here are a few from a recent show



those not traditional, this truck rocks..

 

Mine the way it sits now

 

hay can Ford drop in 49 and 2 48 coe

 

pic of mine from a few weeks ago. since this pic , i added better front and rear fenders , a different grille , put her in suede black, and got new window trim and headlight rings.i also took the air-ride off but, i think i`m gonna put it back on. i`m scared of heights..

 

I did a post on my 54 GMC some time back. I only sectioned the hood and cowl 5 1/2 inches. left the doors full length and channeled the cab 5 1/2 inches to do away with the running boards and the door bottoms line up with the bottom of the fenders.
no different than anything else. just cut wha you don't want and weld the rest back together

 

heres my day to day get around shop truck 53 chevy stock

 

monzadood, NICE. I'll have to get over your way for work again so I can see it live!

 

saved this one today!



this one needs to be saved! GMC,check out the "ambulance"!! coooool

 

Well I contantly look at this thread and I keep putting my pictures on the back burner. Well the waiting is over, here are some of my 53 5 window...

 

someone really should save that ambulance

 

tell me about it! but its actually got a lot of rot on the lower edges, like i went to put the seat down and the fucking side came loose from the floor......

 

kool thread btt............

 

love these old chevys

 

I wonder if mine was an ambulance? I have the roof vent, and had the same fold down seat on the drivers rear wall, and a built-in toolbox of some sort on the pass. rear wall...

I know it was a colorado forestry vehicle, but we also found out it was first a US Army vehicle. We found the army green and lettering under the dark green.

 

For those of us that are not familar with the difference of the various years.. how about post a pic of each year and point out the difference (educate those of us who do not know the differences).

 

please do we arent even sure what we got!

also. just so you guys know. the truck is home! its on jack stands and most of everything has been gutted! give it a week and ill be cruizin! as long as we can get this master cylinder! already got a motor, and we can rewire it real fast! geterdone

 

Here are some better images of my truck.

 

Killer trucks looking for an original 3 speed top loader for a 49 chev, check out my 48 pro-street at www.myspace.com/ryanbrg

 

Back in the early 90s there was a whole sketch series in Peteresen's Custom & Classic Truck mags. They did a center fold with several models and how to tell the difference. I don't remember who was responsible for those but they rocked. They'd show front/rear/side shots drawn with the different trim and body options and I had one for the Tri 5s posted on my wall at work. When I left, I must have forgotten it because I don't have it anymore!!

Anybody remember those? Who did the concept drawings?

 

Also, the vent windows started in 51 with pull down handles. 52 had push button handles. That is the most obvious but so many change to one piece glass it is difficult to tell the year.

54/55S1 had a unique grill and dash.

54/55S1 had the 1 piece windshield.

www.stovebolt.com has a gallery by year.

 

sweet looks like he got a 52 for sure then!

 

That's be my guess. '52 or '53 on the green one posted above. The VIN would be the best place to tell. I've seen those add on turn signals and clearance markers on many different years. Most just used the ones in the grill as the signals.

 

the above info helps some but wasn't there some years with vents in the cowl area of the body ?? (on one side I thought)

 

Try here for more help IDing one of these trucks:
http://www.classicparts.com/frame-truck-years.html
Bill

 

Went out and looked, just passenger side. Had it two weeks & didn't realize that. 1951