63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
A perfect blend of old and new! Solar charging, tire chains, a grey 235 & Chevrolet 465 creeper 4-speed, and one comfy bucket seat. If it is Canadian I wonder whether it is a 1500 series (1˝-ton) or 1600 (2-ton). I also wonder if it has dubious split-rims?
If it were mine I'd name it "The Bush Pig".
A friend's late uncle up in the Bruce Peninsula owned a short '56 Chevy 1600 dump truck with a 261 that sat along his property line, along with a WWII surplus 4x4 1˝-ton Chevy with the cab removed and well-driller added. The cab, sitting in the dump and full of .22 bullet holes was a nice mid-40s conventional cab. He had spare crated new stovebolt sixes sitting around the property, 2 by the lake, another on the fence-line. Odd.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
It probably looked something like this before the 1970s?
Probably. That truck is a 1956 6400 series, which was a 1600 series in Canada 1955-56. I don't see a V under the Chevy hood emblem, so on a 6000-series would indicate a 261 six.
One tell is the # of wheel bolts. 5 = 4000 series, 6 = 6000 series. Running boards were optional on the 4000 & 6000 series, standard on heavier GVW models like the 8000 (265/283 Chevy power) & 10000 (322 Buick power, Chevy 348 1958+) series. That fire truck came without them and obviously has full length ones courtesy of the pumper body manufacturer.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
When I searched for the first pic, I had thought it was a '56, until I came back to the ad and saw it was a '55. Wasn't going to go back and look for another one.
Too bad the folks who had cut it up didn't leave the cab intact - a shortened '55 with roof and glass would be a much cooler and more useful yard truck - to me. :)
Hope somebody buys it and does something neat with it. Probably wouldn't ever be able to get it on the road, even as a rat rod. Looks like some of the metal has been replaced with wood. Very creative battery tray... ;)
I remember a couple of trucks cut down like this for farm use. On was an International KB6, also with the roof cut off. The other was a Ford, again missing the roof. I asked the owner of the Ford why the roof was removed and he said it was so it would fit in the drive shed. The truck was too high with the roof on.
Take a lot to get that stuck with chains on. Maybe hook up single rear wheel brakes so you could spin the wheel with the most traction, like an old tractor.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
