Thanks for finding this, Bill. I like this one too. http://content.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/USHS_Shipler&CISOPTR=7621 I am pretty sure the pickup on the far left is a 3800 like mine. Gater
Oh MY ! Those were they days allright . Pic # 2 , anyone notice the sweet two tone Coupe parked at the curb.....?
2 tone coupe At first glance, I thought that the car had moved during the long shutter release, but after looking at it, noticed there is a double exposure along a clean line that goes clear up to the top of the picture. Leads me to believe that the film was moved during the exposure. Still a beautiful old photograph, as is #1. Bob
Around the corner from Gater's picture. http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/USHS_Shipler&CISOPTR=7620&CISBOX=1&REC=2
Oy Vey ! ...It's 1947 ! look at all those side fillers . Take some time to closely observe the differances in the NuView DeLuxe pickup and the stripper parked next to it for the real skinny on how it was back in the day . I _love_ the two tone necessory laden parts dept. pickup and all those lovely rides parked across the street it the Motor Lodge .
Good Gawd! I would have driven into the side of the nearest building if I passed that on my way to work!!! Could you imagine what it would be like to see that same thing today???
Serious question here! These are awesome pictures of our beloved trucks. Now take another good look at them and tell me why we don't see any passenger side mirrors on any of them. All of the vendors sell the "original" type passenger side mirror arms (we've all seen them, more than half of us have bought them). I call them the "S-curve from hell, I can't believe they're original" mirror arms. They are radical, to say the least. So, what do you guys think? Fact or urban legend?
I hate the look, but... I agree. It's an odd-ball bend. My truck might have it, though. Even with the 5 window cab, I still like the idea of really seeing what's back there. I just wonder where an arm like the driver's side would put the looking glass.
If you don't like the look... Mine had one on it when I bought it, but I'd never put one on. As far as being able to see anything, it is next to worthless. Just way too small to do much good.
Don't get me wrong! I'm not saying that they aren't original, but... I've been around AD's all of my life, and yet, i've never seen one on a truck before. I've got a lot of original pictures, sales brouchers, engineering books, etc. Not a one of them shows a picture of the dreaded S curve. Oh, BTW, I bought one and mine will have one on it. Otherwise, I'll have to fill in 2 holes on mine!
Holes to fill I know what you're saying Ken. I've also got huge turn signals mounted on the top of my front fenders that I wish weren't there...but I'm sure not going to go to all the trouble of fixing them. Bob
Yabutt! I can show you original pictures of hugh turn signal lights on the front fenders. I'm still looking for the s-curve!
If memory serves me correctly, there was some controversy about turn signal laws in many states around 1953 or so. Lots of people put these things on their trucks about then, as an after market item, or to comply with new laws. Good luck in your search for the "S". They could even have been a dealer installed thing that nobody bought because you can't see anything out of them anyway. Bob
Ken, Maybe this will help...I see mirrors (RPO 210) listed in the resto pack (1952) as a dealer accessory and also as a regular production option. Still no pictures of them though, so I don't know if they are the S-curve type. I seem to remember a telescoping straight arm type also, maybe on my dad's truck when I was pretty young. http://chevy.tocmp.com/accessories/1951am/51aim59.htm Turn signals as dealer accessories are there for 1952 too. Here is the one for 1950. http://chevy.tocmp.com/chevyresto/50100.htm Bob
S curve mirrors Well you can say what you like about those S mirrors ... but if you drive on the left - it's the one you use all the time.
Off Side AD Mirror The deal was , Ken ; You could buy a different mirror , maybe one that didn't look so wierd , for less than 1/2 what the dealer wanted for the correct one . If you don't think you can see much out of it , replace the head with either a larger one or a big convex one and you'll be able to clearly see in your blind spot . Mirros weren't even required for the outside untill 1967 per Federal law so it's no wonder folks never bought the offide one , most simply didn't think it necessary . -Nate
My first car was a 1954 3100 Chevy. I bought it when I got my driver's license. It was already 14 years old. It was still in factory acessories. It had one mirror, on the drivers left side of the cab, and one tail light. No turn signal lights. No interior rear view mirror. Around town, everyone still drove windows down and used hand signals to turn because few cars had AC. No one knows hand signals today. even the motocyclers use these incorrectly when they use them around here, or they have their own code. Great photos. Jim
