CHEVROLET ADVANCE DESIGN 1950s PANEL TRUCK SALES FILM 89194

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@skn9895 3 жыл бұрын

We have a 1954 Chevrolet grain truck on the farm. My grandfather bought it new and I still use it in a limited capacity. It still runs great. Proper maintenance is the key.

@adammarkowitz7944 6 жыл бұрын

110 to 1 approve. That shows how much we love these old trucks. This was a different time, a time when the American dream was real.

@gordonvincent731 5 жыл бұрын

My late Dad was a. house painter in Lancaster, Calif. He had an Army green 1951 Chevy panel. 3 on the tree and a 6 cylinder engine. Nobody back then had a clue we were driving around in 30/40k classics!

@Code3forever 4 жыл бұрын

I guess that old panel truck of your dad's made a lot of trips to the San Fernando Valley for paint and supplies on old highway 14. I remember Palmdale and Lancaster in the 50s as well.... Tujunga was home and we went through Big Tujunga Canyon to Palmdale. Good memories!

@gordonvincent731 4 жыл бұрын

@@Code3forever Thanks for your kind reply, appreciate it. I remember driving Angeles Forest Highway, talk about car sickness!! We had so many cars and trucks back in the day, what a museum. We had a pretty 1957 Studebaker pickup. Whimpy 6 banger and took about 5 or 6 turns of the wheel to turn it around. Dad traded it for a '59 GMC long bed pickup, 4 on the floor with a granny gear first gear, learned to drive that bad boy. The best truck dad owned was a new '67 Chevy C-10 p-u. It had a 327 c.i. V8, 2 speed auto, no power anything, no radio, but, it was a 2 seater, buckets with a center storage box, rare back then.

@Code3forever 4 жыл бұрын

@@gordonvincent731 I remember when the '67 came out and it did look rather sporty for a pickup compared to the '66. We had a neighbor in Tujunga who had a '67 Step Side C20 with the 292 6 cylinder with 4 speed and he pulled a 18 foot Terry travel trailer with it all over the country. They were good trucks. My first new car was a 1968 Camaro SS 396 but my first was a 61 Bel Air with powerglide and a 283. It didn't set the street on fire but it was a great first car. Paid 500 dollars for it in 1966 from our neighbors. Not exactly a teenager's dream car but it was dependable. Studebaker made some good cars. Our other neighbor had a Gran Tourismo Hawk and that was a fast car. It would be nice to have cars and trucks like those good old days. Simple to work on and not so expensive. The 68 camaro was 3392 dollars out the door at Allen Gwynne Chevrolet in Glendale.

@gordonvincent731 4 жыл бұрын

@@Code3forever Thanks again for your reply. I'm having memories about So. Cal. back in the day. In this sterile, computer world, it's all the same, no variety, it's just not my world anymore. That Avanti could have saved Studebaker, but, even though I'm a retired union man, I have to state it, their unions shot themselves in the foot, caused many delays and other issues. I'm glad I lived when and where I did.

@Code3forever 4 жыл бұрын

@@gordonvincent731 we were born and raised during a great period. Our cars, music and growing up in the 50s and 60s were the best if times. We saw change like no others in my opinion. Lancaster is certainly not the same as back when your dad painted, just as Sunland Tujunga has changed since my time growing up there. We both have fond memories of our time and place in the area.... Nice exchanging memories with you...

@Pro1er 5 жыл бұрын

It was nice seeing Detroit back when it was one of the nicest cities in the entire country.

@frederickbooth7970 Жыл бұрын

My father had a brand new 1959 Apache 10 panel truck that was supplied by his employer Harder Mechanical of Portland Oregon. He was a union trained master plumber who was the only one to drive that truck for the next 15 years! That panel truck worked hard hauling galvanized pipe & cast iron drain lines as well as the pipe threading machine & needed tools to custom make all plumbing systems. No plastic in the 50`s & 60`s all heavy metal piping with lead & oakum for drain lines. No passenger seat either! Had to sit on his tool box if I went with him somewhere.Had small section of wood area right in front of the rear double doors that occasionally my father had to replace. Old truck could still do 75 mph in 1973 with the 3 -speed on the tree & the 6 cylinder engine even with 96,000 miles on the clock. It did have a couple of carburetor fires sitting in our driveway in front of the garage. Had a starter push button in the floor as well when the horn switch quit working Harder`s mechanic on Woodstock, replaced the original horn button with a button switch on the steering column right side. Miss seeing my dad in his overalls working with his tools. Almost all of which I still have & they all still work! Sadly at 4'10" tall & only 130# I was not able to follow my father or grandfather in the trade.

@jamesrecknor6752 8 ай бұрын

As a master toilet mechanic and professional water heater wrestler [plumber], and former owner of a 59 Chevrolet pick up, I endorse this comment.

@billbright1755 7 жыл бұрын

I still drive my "51" p.u. 2017and counting .Almost daily, you could say they were built to last! Original 216 c.u. drive train.

@Anmatgreen 4 жыл бұрын

Right, I want one now. I don't need it, but damn do I want it.

@jerrymcdonald8122 3 жыл бұрын

Yup they are all that and more! I still drive my 1950 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup truck and it drives like new! They really were made to last, not like the junk built today.

@jasoncarpp7742 7 жыл бұрын

I've always liked trucks of this vintage. I miss the days of manual shifting. People today have become so spoiled by clutchless, shiftless driving.

@Madridme3 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaaa they put a 5'1" guy next to the vehicle to make it look huge. So funny.

@jamesrecknor6752 Жыл бұрын

It's unfortunate most of these beauties got thrashed and trashed

@leedavenport-m8r 10 ай бұрын

My Dad bought a new 1950 1 ton (3600) panel truck for $1700.00. Had 17 inch tires, 216 ci, 4 speed. It ran for over 22 years. Don't know what finally happen to it.