I'm not sure if anyone can help but there was a thread discussing these some time ago,my search has been fruitless. Can anyone here recall this or have alink to the thread here. Here's a link to a for sale thread showing such a beast,I was wondering if it was one of the ones discussed here as I'm sure some of you are aware they are extremely rare! Only six were originally built I believe.
Any info would be appreciated,thanks in 'Advance'.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
Don't believe this was a GM factory body, most likely some "after market" item. The after market industry was big back in the day with all sorts of mods for your vehicle.
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"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics
Are those not gas welds? Gas welds were what was used back then in other areas (like where the bedside meets the rear bed cross sill, or where the rocker panel meets the hinge and lock pillars), and it was done sloppily.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
Are there any records whatsoever that GM ever made a humpback? If not, then it would be plausible that the hideous gas welds in those pictures would be period correct for a coach builder for that time period, and likely authentic, though not by GM. Now if you want to see some hideous factory gas welds, take a look at those on the frame of a late '50s/early '60s Thunderturd. Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
I know Chevrolet did some odd things, but this truck, if a 53 appear to have the wrong engine. The engine looks like a 1950-52 splash 235. Maybe it is a Canadian truck?
So Chevrolet is making 300,000+ trucks a year, selling all of them too. So they pull 6 trucks out of production and hand fit them as illustrated? Nope, volume manufacturers don't do that (and a bakery is not a compelling business reason), they contract it or let coach builders do it. That is why they are volume manufacturers. Pull out a Silver Book and look at the options and manufacturers, almost 200 pages of them, advertising these types of options, National Body, W.G. Reeves, Guy Barnette, Franklin Body, Proctor-Keefe, Herman Body, Atlas Body, etc. Unless the owner could produce COPO/Zone paperwork, no sale. Good story, cool truck, GM body, nope! Story like this begins with "Once upon a time..." https://www.flickr.com/photos/advance-design_parts_co/16736434779/in/album-72157631872034068/
Certainly for $65K there better be documentation or else a good gamble. Although very cool truck .
1953 Chevrolet 3100 261 cu inch, sm420, 3.55 rear, torque tube still,omaha orange, still 6 volt, RPO green glass, side carrier spare, all done In the DITY Gallery Video of the 261 running
1964 GMC 1000 305 Big Block V6, sm420, the next cab off restoration
If not, then it would be plausible that the hideous gas welds in those pictures would be period correct for a coach builder for that time period, and likely authentic, though not by GM.
Some high end coachbuilders aren't exactly that fussy either Carl,I had reason to remove a rear glass from a Hooper bodied Rolls Royce recently,it's amazing what can be hidden behind acres of walnut veneer and mohair. It was a stretch wheelbase and had some seriously rough looking welds. The actual glass was held in with RTV sealant,small angle brackets and self tapping screws and we had no reason to believe it had been removed previously.
P.S. Thanks for everyones input.
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1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
