1936 Chevy Suburban Carryall
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Almost finished From Bruce : Well, we brought our old truck home just this month. Here you see her rolling off the trailer. Hope you liked the "before and after" shots! She's been almost a year and a half "in the making." We are still doing a little detail work on the top and some wood work. We are waiting for a tail light switch for the master cylinder and for a new set of front bumper brackets. We need to get the engine started. It's a bit reluctant, as it's new and tight but we will fire it tomorrow for the first time. Imagine there are not many people left who care or remember these very old trucks -- after 78 years. I think they referred to it as a "Suburban" in 1936. I received the 1936 Chevy Suburban Carryall the end of September 2011 from an eBay find. Most of this restoration is original pieces whenever we could save them. About 70% of its wood is original even though it sat for 45 years. It must have been a pretty dry home in Connecticut. All the seating is brown leatherette style. It was originally green. We did not care for that color. The Carry All will have a restored 1936 radio with the radio head mounted under the dashboard. It sports a rearview mirror with clock and a temp gauge with a magnet. It will also have a ceiling mounted 1936 compass over the driver's head. Twin spare ties of course; it came with just one. This was a frame on restoration, as we didn't remove the frame. The entire chassis was blasted and painted with black Hirsch mircle paint. I want to thank everyone who helped with my long list of questions, and the names and leads. This Carry All was really manufactured in Maryland in November of 1935, hence the windshield without a center crank out handle (ended in 1935) and an indent in the passenger's lower inside door panel for gas tank neck that was only used on ton and a half trucks. (Guess Chevy didn't thrown anything out!) It is a very early 1936 model. It has both clamshell door, and the first year 1935 only had the tailgate and the rolldown canvass snap upper. It's painted in Cabana Cream / Airdale Brown ... although I mixed a lighter brown for the trim. It's the same as GM's Carry All in their Heritage museum. It will be fun to put it in the "Lost in the 50's" parade and its first car show here in Sandpoint this May. That's a debut that many around here are waiting to see. Not many stock Suburbans around they tell me. I certainly has been a labor of love as many do in the crazy hobby. The old truck rides on Firestones and has only three swapped parts: passenger fender, the hood, grille shell. It has a nice wooden bed but hidden with correct rubber mat. Any questions that some may have on the restoration of one of these old Chevy Suburbans, just email me. Thanks to all who watched this restoration. It has been an experience. Bruce Duykers 02 November 2011 From Bruce : I have a show quality 1936 low cab Chevy pickup. It was very original and in excellent condition when I bought it from a man in Kentucky. We restored it partially frame-off. I had it painted Hollywood tan, a color Chevy used only in the Oakland plant on taxis and panel trucks. So far we have not deciphered the engine block or body numbers, but we will. Bruce
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