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| | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,233 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,233 | mando, I can't help with the bed other than to say it looks like a chopped down van body. Could it have been a Wrecker at one time? Is there a wooden floor? Can we see at picture of the back of the truck? Welcome to the Stovebolt!  Mike B  | | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 3 | i'll have to take more pics. yes it has wooden floor, but it topped with metal. the bed looks original, its hard to explain descriptions. i;ll try to get more pics to post up. thanks | | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 3 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | That's some type of specialty bed. It's not homemade. I've seen a few like that before. Used to be one near me years ago, that came from a Metals Company. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,233 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,233 | Are there any signs that something could have been bolted to the floor or the back of the bed? Maybe it had a winch with a gin pole boom? Does the truck have a PTO? It looks a little like a power company line truck. Whatever it is Chevrolet didn't build it... Mike B | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 |
Somewhat similar beds/equipment are shown in the Silver Books for Advance-Design trucks (47-55). Some names of conversion companies that made service bodies were: Morrison Steel Products, McCABE-POWERS Auto Body Company, and HERTHORNWAY Export Corporation
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2 | I think I've seen beds like those in vintage pictures from Hot Rod and the like. Perhaps some kind of support vehicle for auto racing? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 42 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 42 | Well, since my last name is McCabe....thought i would jump in here
I'm a california guy - central valley - my dad saw a picture of your truck (he farmed in Fresno - Bakersfield corridor...said it was probably a McCabe Coachworks body out of Oakland/Berkeley Calif shop. Probably used by oil companies around Bakersfield and the Elk Hills reserve for oil field services, he guessed hauling oil field pipe. But he cautioned just a guess as pictures were in shadows and hard to get close look at details.
'50 Chevy 1 ton dually daily driver, 1960 Ford F-100, 1972 GMC C-20, 1958 Kenworth, Cat D4, 1972 Ford F100 Ranger
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