Chevrolet Advance Design - car classics

Chevrolet Advance Design

Chevrolet Advance Design produced in the concern General Motors from 1947 to 1955, remaining all the years of the leader of sales in the segment of low-tonnage trucks. These pickups are known by many names: Chevrolet 3100 (1/2 tons), Chevrolet 3600 (3/4 ton), Chevrolet 3800 (1 ton). Nevertheless, the body remains the same - a two-door truck В«PickupВ».

Under the hood of Chevrolet Advance Design was in-line six-cylinder engine, the capacity of which, depending on modification, could be 216l.s. (if the volume of the 3.5l), 235l.s. (compared to the 3.9 l) or 261l.s. (if the volume of the 4.3l). The most common were mechanical gearbox, cars with an engine volume of 3.5 and 3.9 liters received a three-tiered transmission, and the Chevrolet Advance Design with 4.3-liter engine was installed four-stage mechanics. In the last two years of production, came the ability to set automatic transmission Hydramatic.

For the years of production were repeatedly subjected to the revision of the model designations depending on tonazhnosti, slightly changed design and organization of the seats in the passenger compartment, updated dashboard, as well as double the steering mechanism.

Other names of this model: Chevrolet 3100 (1/2-ton), Chevrolet 3600 (3/4-ton), Chevrolet 3800 (1-ton), Chevrolet Thriftmaster, Chevrolet Loadmaster