Featured on AutoHunter, the web public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this 1955 Chevrolet 3100 pickup.

When somebody within the collector neighborhood talks a few ’55 Chevy, everybody’s thoughts instinctively goes to the enduring Bel Air hardtops and sedans. However we will’t neglect that Chevrolet made extra than simply passenger vehicles throughout that period. The model’s pickups – and significantly the “Advance Design” variations from 1947 by way of 1955 – have an fanatic following all their very own. This 3100 from the ultimate mannequin 12 months of the technology is being provided by a seller in Houston with a transparent title together with a tonneau cowl, a radio, wood mattress planks, and a “Thriftmaster” 235cid inline-six paired with a three-speed automated transmission.

About three many years in the past, this pickup went by way of restoration and a contemporary coat of crimson paint was utilized to the outside. The general look is accomplished with chrome trim for the bumpers, grille, headlight rings, badging, and door handles and a black vinyl snap-in tonneau cowl which works over the mattress. A set of metal wheels on whitewall tires gives footwork, and an identical full-size spare tire has been added to the motive force facet of the physique.

Shifting contained in the cab, we see a clear grey fabric inside and admire the easy structure. Instrumentation is concise and consists of a 90-mph speedometer and a mixture gauge exhibiting gasoline degree, oil stress, coolant temperature, and voltage. Regardless that the odometer reads 61,031 miles, the promoting seller states that true mileage on the chassis is unknown.

The Advance Design’s exterior design remained principally constant, but it surely’s value noting that there have been many adjustments over the truck’s nine-year lifespan. Amongst them, the transmission shift levers have been moved, the gasoline tank was reconfigured and relocated, the badging was modified, the shock absorbers have been modified, vent home windows have been added, and the outer door handles went from turn-down fashion to push-button sort. An enormous beauty replace occurred in 1954 when the grille modified from having horizontal slats to bearing a brand new crossbar design that grew to become often called the “bull nostril” as seen right here.

Mechanically, this well-kept truck employs Chevrolet’s tried and true inline-six together with chassis parts like a stable entrance axle, a stable rear drive axle, and manually-activated four-wheel drum brakes.

This truck could possibly be a pleasant clean canvas for a customized construct, or it could possibly be pushed and proven as-is. As a lot as all of us love a clear “tri-five” Chevy hardtop, there’s a lot to like concerning the hardworking vehicles like this one which shared dealership showrooms with the Bel Air.

The public sale for this 1955 Chevrolet 3100 ends tomorrow, Friday, August 18, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. (PDT)

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