1952

Our Feature Truck of the Month is one of the remaining Chevrolet Woody’s that were on a pickup ½ ton chassis (cars are seen more). No doubt these ½ ton "people haulers” even caught much attention 80 years ago. We were not able to make contact with the owner despite the efforts of a national Chevy club member, Martin Sinzig...

Seeing a small tanker vehicle like our feature truck this month brings back memories from another era in our country’s history. It was a time of smaller family farms that dotted the country by the millions. Usually one medium size tractor was adequate for the planting and harvesting of the numerous crops these farms produced. Suppliers of petroleum products in...

Here is an example of pure American Ingenuity! Put two things together: A 1952 Chevrolet 2 ton and an ambitious top quality retired carpenter that wants to travel. These qualifications fit Richard Howe of Trinidad California. (About 300 miles north of San Francisco, California) He built another similar house and truck combination several years ago on a Cab over Engine...

WOW! What is this? It is a car or a truck? Surprise. It is neither. This is an “American made” 1952 Australian UTE! It’s probably the only one of its type in the world. The owner and restorer is John Smith of Tonganoxie, Kansas. We first saw this special vehicle displayed at the Mid-West All Truck Nationals on September 6...

The full rear quarter panels for the 1947-55 Chevy/GMC Suburban were made all the same at the metal stamping manufacturer.  To save money these panels were not made different if the Suburban was to have the double doors or the tailgate style opening in the rear. Thus, when the Suburban was provided with a lift and tailgate combination the 4...

</a > On the new 216 six cylinder engine, introduced in 1937, the vacuum advance was placed on Chevrolet trucks and cars at the right side of the engine below the distributor. A small metal vacuum line across the front of the engine connected to the carburetor base. This vacuum advance design continued on trucks through the end of this...

  Beginning in 1951, the rear bumper became an option on both Chevrolet and GMC pickups. This required a change in the standard left tail light bracket. The tail light assembly was now unprotected without the bumper. GM created a new bracket design that brought the tail light slightly ahead of the rear edge of the stake pocket. In this...

  During the Advance Design years no less than four different Chevrolet hood side emblems were used on 1/2 tons. Each of their two mounting pins are in the same place so the punched hood holes were unchanged during these years. All were chromed die cast even during the 1952-1953 Korean war chrome shortage. The following pictures show the correct...

This is my original 1952 Chevy truck with only 83.783 miles on it. The truck was sold in Rush City, Minnesota at Schneider Chevrolet, which is no longer in business. It was kept in the area by Leroy Lindstrom. I bought it at a garage sale in 2007, just the way it sits, for $2500.00. I had to redo the box wood and put on a new muffler but every thing else is original. It still has the 6 volt system, six cylinder, and three on the tree.

These are two Chevrolets panel trucks that we use for the club meetings of our Belgian club "Forties and Fifties American Cars Enthusiasts". Both are manufactured in Antwerp at the General Motors Continental plant and have 6 in line engines and speedometers in kilometers.