The second tailight was an option. Chevy never lettered the tailgate, but it was a frequently added touch. The dash paint may be a trick of the light.
The heater switch is in the accessories manual. It is correct. My 53 has one that is going to be reassigned for a fog light switch since they look the same.
Nate Looks A His Old '49 Shop Truck....... That's a very nice trunk indeed so I won't pick it apart but it'd better not ask me to judge it..... I cannot imagine it's possibly worth $25,000.00 Snail horns were factory RPO Heater switches differed , early ones said " AIR " whereas later ones said " HEAT " . I like it .
That's what this thread is about, Nate! Judge it! You and I think so much alike when it comes to someone saying "Restoration". Let's hear from you as to what is not "correct" about the truck. I don't think that there is anyone on this forum that wouldn't give their eye tooth to have it sitting pretty in their driveway. Let's hear from you!
I'm glad you brought that up, Russ. The windlace on passenger cars were fabric wrapped rubber in the '40's and early '50's. The windlace on the truck in question looks like it is fabric or painted rubber, which I don't think is correct! But then again, I could be wrong.
I hear ya! You'd think if someone wanted $25K for a vehicle, the least he could do would be to take a garden hose to that nasty floor mat!
The windlace is available in grey, but I think it came in 54, when they changed the interior color from sheen grey.
rubber mat passenger side is bunched up! cmon , if you gonna take a pic to make a sale a least put out some effort . just my nickel am i pickin nits too?
Picking Nits ? I don't think so Booger . I'd not mind that truck on my lot but not for that price ~ for $25K it should be a museum piece ready to drive off in , not showing rusty floor under a wet mat....
Idiot question I am wondering if the steering wheel should be that colour and not black? and the horn button?
Interior Color Chevy called it " Champagne " and I have a can of it sitting , just in case I ever get my cab re-painted....
Gater -- Just read your old post .......I think the pickup in the ebay auction was a nice pickup, pretty true in looks. But ...... I do not think the paint was quite that good originally from General Motors, and I think the wood floor was actually painted the same color as body was. Also the door panels I ever saw as a kid when these were everyday users, was a brown leather look to them like the arm rests seem to be. The seat too, always matched the door panels. In our Nebraska farm trucks anyway. The paint was not quite as shiny or glossy as this green pickup shown. But the paint was top quality, and had a true "cared for" application I think. General work on the trucks and GM cars then were done in a quality way of the 1950's. A time of true and real value for the money. I guess you could call it a slower, less stress time in America, and more pride in workmanship as to today's fast pace life. Look at all the classy chrome the cars had then too ! I do remember how smooth the 216 engines ran, and all the families who had Chevy cars, the 216 engines ran great too. It was an economical engine in its day, but did a lot of work. The GMC trucks were good too then. They were all pretty solid trucks and cars, but hard use makes them scarcer then ever. I have a hard time finding them now compared to the 1970's ! mjd
MJD, Good points. My first car memory was a 1952 black chevy 4 door that my dad had bought new but had been traded to my grandfather by the time I was old enough to remember it. I was about 4 or 5 I guess in '60 and '61 and the old car was in great shape except for some spider webbing of the paint on the left rear fender. I remember having the full run of the back seat and floor board since there were no seat belts then. I remember the ticking of the clock in the dash and the simplicity of the dash and the am radio. And that huge steering wheel. My grandad always wore a fedora hat (there was plenty of head room) and my grandmother's white hair always had a blue pot in the back that I couldn't keep from staring at. I think it made her special. Granddad also had a 48 chevy 1 ton flatbed and some of the parts from it are in my truck. Thanks for getting me started. These were things I hadn't thought about in years. I reckon that is part of what this hobby/way of life is all about. Gater
