1952 gmc truck

But the two trucks do share a great deal. Grilles and badging are the primary visual differences.

This is to accommodate the longer motor. Remember that GMC engines were truck engines and not car engines adapted to trucks. Full pressure oiling and inset bearings from make a GMC a truck. The front cross member of a GMC is totally different from a Chevy truck due to the above. GMC motors will not fit into a Chevy truck without a short water pump added, due to the above. For consignment a GMC amalgamation if you will on this restoration, taking liberties with various replaced parts of more modern vehicles, a souped up newer engine, and suspension. Add in a custom interior, and beautiful restored wood lined oak bed painstakingly restored and ladies and gentlemen, we have a really cool GMC truck custom.

1952 gmc truck

It was billed as a larger, stronger, and sleeker design in comparison to the earlier AK Series. First available on Saturday, June 28, , these trucks were sold with various minor changes over the years [3] until March 25, , when the Task Force Series trucks replaced the Advance-Design model. The same basic design family was used for all of its trucks including the Suburban , panel trucks, canopy express , and cab overs. The cab overs used the same basic cab configuration and similar grille but used a shorter and taller hood and different fenders. The unique cab over fenders and hood required a custom cowl area which makes the cab over engine cabs and normal truck cabs incompatible with one another while all truck cabs of all weights interchange. From until , Chevrolet trucks were number one in sales in the United States, with rebranded versions sold at GMC locations. While General Motors used this front end sheet metal, and to a slightly lesser extent the cab, on all of its trucks except for the cab overs , there are three main sizes of this truck: the half-, three-quarter-, and full-ton capacities in short and long wheelbase. No vent windows in doors. Hood side emblems read "Chevrolet" with "Thriftmaster" or "Loadmaster" underneath. Early - Gasoline tank now mounted upright behind seat in cab; filler neck aft of passenger door handle. Serial number codes remain the same as on early Last year for driver's side cowl vent, its handle is now flat steel, not maroon knob as in previous years. Mid-year change from 9-board bed to 8 boards per bed. Last year for 80 mph speedometer, chrome window handle knobs, and chrome wiper knob.

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The Halloween paint scheme covers what should be an attractive shade called Rideau Maroon, or possibly a two-tone with the black fenders. The nine-foot bed stands ready to swallow a load of lumber and embarrass modern truck owners, the ones who get mulch once a year then spend an hour waxing the bed. This generation of trucks began in You can imagine what a chick-magnet this rig would have been around the time that radio was made… or maybe not. The model year marked the 50th year of truck production by GMC. Presumably original maroon paint remains on the firewall. How handsome that would look with the black fenders!

1952 gmc truck

This is to accommodate the longer motor. Remember that GMC engines were truck engines and not car engines adapted to trucks. Full pressure oiling and inset bearings from make a GMC a truck. The front cross member of a GMC is totally different from a Chevy truck due to the above. GMC motors will not fit into a Chevy truck without a short water pump added, due to the above.

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Catawiki Auction. The website is www. Also, a vehicle barn find collection is on display. The modern wide box did not appear until the mid 50s. Lot F Posted September 20, at PM. This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I Pennsylvania Turnpike. Chevrolet , a marque of General Motors , light truck timeline, international market, s—s — next ». Chevrolet Task Force. Bring a Trailer Auction. Download as PDF Printable version. More Images. Posted September 22, at AM.

Everything about it is justly famous, from the streamlined cab and fenders that trademark the great post-war restyling of trucks from General Motors, to a seemingly mandatory Detroit Diesel engine beneath its elongated, elegant hood. This middleweight GMC D, however, isn't everything it seems to be, either in terms of history or the technology of its powertrain.

El Toro. Nov 3, 1 year ago. The unique cab over fenders and hood required a custom cowl area which makes the cab over engine cabs and normal truck cabs incompatible with one another while all truck cabs of all weights interchange. Wonderfully intact truck. And in , just like the Chevy, these trucks got a single-piece windshield. Trucks were made for work back then, as these factory flatbeds and the cab and chassis versions of all these trucks, too testify. Flat heads vs. Last name. Oct 20, 4 months ago. Your Profile. Serial number codes unchanged from and GMC Syclone to Keep it simple is the mantra for this truck and it works wonderfully throughout.