The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Ok so why the torque tube?

Here are a few examples of vehicles that used the torque-tube after after 1954 (the last year that GM used them).

Yes, GM light-trucks made a change to the cheaper (but, no better) open-driveshaft drive-line in 1955. However, a few performance vehicles used torque-tubes after 1954.