do you mean A body? that was the term GM used for the intermediate size cars from the mid 1960s through the early 80s.
Yea apparently that started in late 36: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_A_platform_(1936) I guess my question is does this mean an AK truck body will fit on an A body top hat frame?
Oh...you didn't tell us what years you were talking about, so I took a wild guess. hot rodders don't talk about those cars by model letter, we talk about them by year. Restorer type guys do talk about them by model letter. AK is a 1941 truck. The trucks had a flat, channel type frame. The cars had a wider curved, top hat type frame. The truck cab won't bolt onto a car frame, but you can make it fit if you work at it. How are your cutting/welding skills?
Skills I can get access to. I saw a sweet 44 truck body yesterday but it's on dually running gear. I'm thinking what a perfect body to hot rod. I have access to a minty 36 top hat frame and thought if it bolts up easily... there are other frames it could go on that would be better if fabbing is required tho. Could probably modify the stock frame easily enough.
I guess they did : Chevrolet resumed production of civilian trucks for general sales in August, 1945. The government allowed Chevrolet to build civilian heavy-duty ch***is cabs for qualified essential users in both 1944 and 1945 and the half-ton 115-inch wheelbase pickup in 1945 for qualified essential civilian users.
This one's in Canada, likely made here. I have no idea if he history. The sign on the window says "44 chev" I took a pic of the serial tag, I'm not sure how to interpret it tho.
Not all the trucks purchased by the military had the flat fenders and bar stock grilles and all wheel drive. Many were the same style as civilian models. Typically used around bases for cargo hauling. Ray
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