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AD Chevy Trucks

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Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips.

This one is on AD Chevy trucks (1947-1955).

Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment for you.

Have you checked the forums? You have an old truck and an insatiable desire to work on it, drive it, learn more about it. You are not alone. There are others like you ... many others ...

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• Dean "Rustoholic" Meltz's 1928 Chevrolet AB Canopy Express -- "Justin" is 86 years old and he was in a comma (sat) for almost 60 years. Recently he did a VCCA 120 mile tour!
• Nathan "46 Chevy Pickup - NZ" Hughes' 1946 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- Combining some 2014 technology with a vintage truck for serious daily driving
• John "John53" Holt 1942 Chevrolet Brush Truck -- A great project almost finished
• Louis "Skips41" Romani's 1941 Chevy 3/4-Ton Short-bed -- Ole Rusty is out of the garage after some dedicated restoration work
• Dave "Dave3100" Shirlin's 1955 Chevy 1st Series 3100 Update -- This truck just celebrated its 60th birthday ... and still enjoying a full life!
• David Bush's 1946 Chevrolet 1/2-Ton -- Has had this truck for 29 years and still hauling with it!
• Eric Backstrom's 1949 Chev Model 1314 5-Window 1/2-Ton Short Box -- A great find and other truck to add to his project pile
• Bill "william_2007" Kwas' 1941 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- A Father & Son restoration story ... 38 years and now on the road and having fun with Grandson in tow
• Fred "truckernix" Nixon's 1951 Canadian GMC Model 9430 1-Ton Update -- Fred took old "Rusty" and made a good-looking truck; has over 30,000 miles on the old truck since he fired her up in 2007.
• Doyle "doyle19503800" Osborne's 1950 Chevrolet 1-Ton with Hoist / Dump Bed -- What a find. Doyle is the first registered owner of this truck, that sat for 47 years on blocks
• Pat "dunfire" Kroeger's 1936 GMC T-14 1/2-Ton Pickup Update -- We got this update this past March ... and it got lost in the shuffle (my bad). A great story with the intro from Jim Carter ... and this truck is another Hallmark ornament from our site! Ooo-hoo!
• Bob "Ritchie 54" Johnson's 1954 Chevrolet COE 5-Window -- Bob worked on "The Beast" for quite a while, learning a lot from fellow Bib Bolters
• Doug "a.d.-hawk" Evans' 1948 Chevrolet 1-Ton Grain Truck -- What a great score. "S-wheaty" may be toodling around Nebraska soon!
• Jerrry "1951Chevy1Ton" Mathiowetz's 1951 Chevy 3804 1-Ton Pickup Truck Update -- This is the truck he learned to drive when he was 10 years old! What a keeper!
• John Lesmeister's 1950 GMC 250 1-Ton -- A rare 1-ton GMC truck that has been restored to original condition, been with the owner for 25 years
• Greg "49 Jimster" Schermerhorn's 1949 GMC 3/4-Ton Longbed -- All original Advance Design farm truck, complete with faded paint, dents and dings -- but a prize winner!
• Bruce "bajones238" Jones' 1953 Chevrolet 3104 1/2-Ton -- Goal is to make this, as much as possible, a complete and correctly restored example of a 1953 Chevrolet Advance-Design truck and pretty much there.
• Tony "geisen" Geisen's 1958 Chevrolet Apache 31 -- New to all this and excited to start the learning experience
• Pete "txpete" Baublet's 1958 Chevy Fleetside Short Bed Custom Cab -- Part of the 1958 Tri-fecta: Cameo, Fleetside and Stepside
• Ben "BrokeBurb" Allred's 1959 Chevy Apache Suburban -- School bus yellow - you can't miss this one on the road!
• Todd Shumansky's 1959 GMC 3/4-Ton Longbed Stepside -- Another fine story told by Gene "niobrarafun" Reiser, who got this truck when looking for parts; he had to downsize and he sold it to Todd. Truck is currently working as "somewhat scary" truck on a pumpkin farm
• Alfred Reiser's 1959 Chevy Apache 36 Fleetside -- Gene "niobrarafun" Reiser gives us the story on this truck, as it was previously HIS but still remains in the family
• Fox "Fox" Johnson's 1950 Chevrolet 1-Ton Dually -- Second time is the charm as Fox gets his first drive in an Advance Design truck, his own "Ole Red Girl"
• Mike "Tony Soprano" Doak's 1948 Chevy 1/2-Ton Update -- This Mizzou football fan got a free Black and Gold paint job for his truck!
• Jerry "Hellomrwilson" Wilson's 1959 Chevy Apache 3200 Stepside Update -- Coming down the homestretch. Jerry's got a Facebook Journal on his work restoring this old truck; good details and good pictures
• Conrad "classiclover" Belgium's 1946 GMC Longbed -- The story of "Jesamine" and how she got from Arkansas to Belgium; and welcome to another International Bolter
• David "DavidF" Frame's 1952 Chevy 3100 -- Three years and she's finished and on the road!
  
• John "49oneton" Hoff's 1952 Chevy 1/2-Ton 3100 -- John was crazy about these Advance Design trucks and he found a nice one ... but then he just had to have one to work on. He picked up a 1949 Chevy 1-Ton 3800 truck working truck and figured a great way to learn some wrenching skills! This is a great story of two Advance Design trucks and a motivated Bolter!
• Josh "1tonpete" Pelletier's 1949 Chevy 1-Ton Deluxe Panel -- Here's the initial story of Josh's rebuild of his Dad's old Panel -- "The donors [trucks] live on in my Panel. I wish I could save them all!"
• Stan Slawnikowski's 1964 Chevy C-10 Utility Truck -- The story of "Montana" is a great Father-Son memory-maker: "more valuable than the truck could ever by worth dollar-wise."
• Justin "CJDublu" Worley's 1937 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- "Wylburr Clyde" has been in the family for four generations now. Ready to get her back on the road.
• Jerry "gpk1961" Kenney's 1961 Chevy Apache 20 Update -- "Mater" is all done and a pretty good job for Jerry's first truck restoration. Lots of pictures!
• Kip "Kip's41" Bonds' 1941 Chevy Master 3/4-Ton Update
• John "Waves2275" Ayearst's 1953 Chevy 3100 -- "La Noche" is a spirited resto-mod pickup truck and John has a great write-up for the truck with some impressive photos!
• Rick "1936only" and Toni Benson's 1936 Chevrolet 1.5-Ton -- Took "Murtahg" down to the frame for the resto; 3.5 years later, she looks outstanding
• Peter "Peter H" Harbottle's 1951 Chevy 3100 5-Window -- "Howard" was a three year restoration and stress-release (?) for Peter!
• Paul "Paul WNC" M's 1941 Chevy 1 1/2-Ton WW2 G4112 4x4 Dump Truck -- "Audra" may be in "Olive Drab" but there's nothing drab about this beauty
• Chris "Whitedog" Weyhrich's 1954 Chevy 3600 -- It's "The Fake Truck" for now ... but certainly looks like a good project
  
• Charlie "Cletis" Hardin's 1954 GMC Suburban -- For a 60 year old truck, this one sure holds its own!
  
• Randy "RDomeck" Domeck's 1946 2-Ton Chevy -- Wanted to use the old truck in his fabrication business ( Indianapolis Fabrications ) -- What a packed story on this Big Bolt!
• Mark "Mark1959" Weisseg's 1949 Chevy 3600 Update -- "The Beast" is running! A great update to this step-by-step journal and a neat video of the first drive
• Tim "tclederman" Lederman's 1954 Chevrolet 3100 1/2-Ton Carryall Suburban -- Tim gets his hands on anything and everything Advance Design.
• Dennis Richard's 1949 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- Doing a frame-off restoration. How he found this truck is a great story itself!
• Nate "Rustologist" Bolduc's 1955 2nd Series Chevy 3800 Flatbed Farmtruck -- Won't be a farm truck much longer. Nate also has some impressive accomplishments already with old stand alone engines, 1918 steel wheeled tractor, etc.
• Ron and Ryan "The Hill Boys" Hill's 1952 Chevy 3100 -- What an adventure (just starting) from finding the truck to beginning the restoration -- a Father and Sons Journey
• Austin "Vintage Farmer" Heiderscheid's 1948 Federal 25M -- No, not a Stovebolt but after reading his story, you can see he's on his way to a Big Bolt!
  
• Ted "oleblue" Sager's 1949 Chevy 3600 -- "ole blue" has been in his Wife's family ever since he knew her; trying to get work done while at Ft. Campbell, KY
• Larry "lardog63" Richardson's 1951 Chevy 1/2-Ton Panel -- How he acquired "The X-Green Bay Packers Party Wagon"
• Gary "50chevyWa" Compton's 1950 Chevy 3100 1/2-Ton -- Another Father and Son project that is just getting under-weigh (Go Navy!)
• Kevin "jammer" Katzenberger's 1966 Chevrolet L60 -- A great grain truck when Dad bought it new for the farm where it remained in semi-retirement. Now Kevin has it and the restoration has begun!
• Scotty "packhorse32" Reed's 1968 Chevy C/10 -- Packy has written a fine tale about "Orange Crush"
• Lisa "coegirl" A.'s 1948 Chevy COE -- Up and running, looking good, proud and BIG!
• Lisa "coegirl" A.'s 1951 GMC Suburban -- From a field in the high CA desert, all original
• Michael "Mi'1941" Matuszak's 1941 Chevy Pickup AK Project -- Read all the history on this on-going restoration of "Maggie" -- hopes to be road-ready by June!
• Larry "larrygreg1" Gregory's 1940 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- Another great Father-Son story
• Clyde Gregory's 1953 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- It all began here ... and looks like will continue for a third generation
• David VanderBroek's 1965 Dodge D-200-- Frank "Stranger" VanderBroek found a good Father-Son project (Okay, not a GM but the story is a good read you'll enjoy.) We had the good pleasure to meet him and the boys at the 2013 Reunion in Kansas City.
• Jim "Clarenceisa50GMC" Hotvedt's 1950 GMC Truck - "Clarence" had an impressive restoration that began in the Spring of 2002
• Dave "David Sr" Bosley's 1951 Chevrolet 3100 Five Window Deluxe Pickup -- Good story of seven year time line for the restoration - Four Generations and still not for sale!
• Luke "fonz8261" Stefanovsky's 1948 Chevy 1/2-Ton 5-Window Deluxe Update -- "The Heartbeat of America" has her yearly update ... and what a great tale!
• Deve "Deve" Krehbiel's 1950 Chevy 1/2-ton -- Started cleaning off the old truck, and it lead to a total frame-off restoration (in progress). A project with-in a project, too!
• Dave Sanders' 1950 Chevy 3100 Update -- A great story-teller, Dave tells us about TWO Christmas miracles
• Brett "Fireguy49" Leavitt's 1949 GMC 300 Firetruck -- Brett is gonna have a good time with this truck
• Randy "texman" Cox's 1940 GMC AC 302 1 1/2-Ton Dually -- formerly a brush fire truck; a fine and fun project
  
• Bob "Bob Cedar Falls" Mayfield's 1952 Chevy 3100 -- Frame off restoration just beginning
  
• Carl Bush's 1951 Chevy 3100 Shortbed -- 2007 to 2012 and now driving it all the time
• Dave "Volfandt" T's 1949 Chevy 3100 -- This truck has some amazing "family history"

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