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#788605 10/13/2011 8:57 PM
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I've seen AD used mostly (I think) for older trucks like mine, but I just can't figure out what AD stands for. Thanks.


As I grow old I find I'm glad I lived in a time when "common sense" was... common.
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Advanced Design. Its what GM called the 47-Early 55 body style.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Advance_Design

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1947/1955 Chevrolet trucks were called "Advance-Design" by Chevrolet and "New-Design" By GMC.

Here's an article that was saved by one of our members Larry Laroke (It's a big file, prepare to load)

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Advance Design !
1947 late to 1955 early series !


Tim


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It actually is Advance - Design with a hyphen. But even that is subject to a model year filter.

1947-1948 Advertising often does not use the hyphen (see pic)
http://community.webshots.com/photo/2655178840102454676IZDdbR
But after that they do.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/2342541290102454676bbowcC

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Bet you don't bring that up again. I always thought is was
art deco.

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Advance-Design (hyphenated) was the most commonly used style, even in 1947, in this introductory document. Nonetheless, as posted by Brad, at times the GM illustrators/editors left out the hyphen.

I have never see New Design hyphenated in a GMC document.

Here it is missing in a 1954 brochure (that used the hyphen in other locations).


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