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Taylor Vinson, of the Society of Automotive Historians, suggests that, because truck production did continue through the war, the body dies were probably well worn by VJ Day.
The 1947 Chevrolet pickup design had been in the works in Harley Earl’s GM Styling Section since at least 1942. Harley J. Earl was GM’s first vice president of design and the undisputed trend leader in American vehicle design.
There was no identifiable truck studio within GM Styling during and just after World War II.
Fisher Body, the General Motors division that produced sheetmetal stampings for GM automobiles, had nothing to do with truck bodies.
The light-duty Advance-Design trucks were designated as “Thrift-Master” models.
The 3100 and 3800 series also included fully enclosed panel and open-sided canopy express variants. The former featured twin side-hinged rear doors, while the latter, a descendent of one of the oldest light-truck styles around, sported a low rear tailgate and waterproof roll-up curtains on the back and sides.
Cosmetically, GM’s 1947 Advance-Design models looked unlike anything built to that time. “Round and juicy” is the way retired GM design vice president Charles M. “Chuck” Jordan describes them.
Chevrolet’s truck engineers, under the direction of John G. Wood, made the all-steel cab wider by having the bodysides overhang the frame siderails.
Just give your truck engine a clean up if the engine is still in its good condition.
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