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| | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,969 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,969 | http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/4967.htmDimensions are given for stake beds including side boards and end gates. Did Chevrolet manufacture these bodies, or sub them out? I would guess they were subcontracted. Anyone have any information? Thanks.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | Those trucks/configurations were available, as shown, from a Chevrolet Truck factory as standard equipment.
Most likely they were assemble by Chevrolet. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,038 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,038 | Of course, people would often buy the cab and chassis from their dealer and then have a local manufacturer place any sort of special bed or body on it. My COE was manufactured in Kansas City, worked in eastern South Dakota and has a grain bed on it from Sioux City, Iowa. The hydraulic lift on the bed is from Cherokee, Iowa. So, the buyer would source the equipment locally. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,611 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,611 | I don't know about production for civilian bodies, but WW2 Chevy trucks had their bodies/beds produced by other companies such as Budd, Hercules, or Heil. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,969 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,969 |
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