Vintage pick-up trucks

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  1. Doghead

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    Now only if Maytag could get a waterjacket around that cylinder and head, Mrs Dinglebury could then do the laundry with hot water.
     
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    If this Packard copy is original or custom is beyond my ability to tell which:

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  3. OrthmannJ

    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    Pretty sweet truck! :thumbs2:
    Looks like the rotunda of a state capital building in the background, through the trees.

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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    If it's a Chevy, it's a "Cameo Carrier," which was named by the design engineer, who served in the Air Force, and named the smooth-sided trucks after "weapons/ammo carriers."
     
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    That’s Grand Kremlin palace. Used through 1949, now used as the “Presidents” home. Don’t know what year the GAZ pickup is. Sure couldn’t have been a lot of those.
     
  6. OrthmannJ

    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    I'm not a 50's chivy truck connoisseur, but I'd say from what I can see of the chrome, just past the headlight, my money is on it being a GMC.

    like this:
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    I always preferred the GMC look over the Chevrolet.
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Looks like the only difference between the two Chebbies is the chrome trim. Otherwise, they look just about the same
     
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    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    I was looking at that Andrew. It's got me a bit puzzled. I'm not as fluent in 58 chivy as I am in 55-57, but I know that there were four trim levels: Delray, Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala (the last being the one-year-only super up-scale option for the Bel Air)
    The two in the photo above appear to be the base model Delrays. The side trim is the same, but the car in the back has the chrome shark gills behind the headlight, chrome rocker trim and chrome on the "C" pillar. None of which appear to have been available on the Delray/Biscayne, but were standard on the Bel Air.
    So my guess is, someone went down to the parts counter at their local Chevrolet dealership and ordered themselves some extra glitz.
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Entirely possible.
     
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