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1947 Chevrolet Advance-Design Loadmaster

1947 Chevrolet Advance-Design Loadmaster in America: The Story of Us, Mini-Series, 2010 Ep. 11

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1947 Chevrolet Advance-Design Loadmaster

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Ddey65 ◊ 2010-06-02 12:47	3800. This doesn't look big enough to be a 4100.
Matty ◊ 2010-06-02 22:44	1947-1953
eLMeR ◊ 2014-03-23 01:06	This place appears to be some kind of museum (on the Route 66?). Pictures of the scene can be also seen in some websites "all around the Net". And the "3800" seems not that small, with another point of view (click to enlarge): Anyway, the 3800, 4100 and 6100 had the same 137" wheelbase. So it cannot be an indication to differentiate the three trucks. If the wheel rims are almost the same for both 3800 and 4100/6100 when the 3800 is a stake truck or a "chassis-cab", some details allow us to tell the difference between the models. In the movie picture, the bumper (with a medium embossed line for the "big trucks" while being "slick" for the 3800), the grille (slightly taller on 4100-6400 models than on the light-duty trucks) and the hood (flatter on 4100-6400 than on the 3800) are details that show it's a 4000/6000-Series: ("Our" 4100 vs a 3800 - Click) For the model year, nothing to change. As the gas tank is frame-mounted, it's without a doubt a 1947-1948 truck: Gas tank behind the cab before 1949 / tank filler neck behind the door after 1949 (the red one is a 3800, but the cabs were the same) - click to see a larger view But, as it is a pre-1949 model, it is "only" a Loadmaster, not a 4100 or 6100 (the name changed during the 1949 calendar year). So the real name of "our" truck is 1947 Chevrolet Loadmaster [Advance-design], where Advance-Design should be given as a generic name to unite all Thriftmaster / Loadmaster / 3100 to 6600 1947-1954 Chevrolet trucks, including the 5100-5700 Cab Over Engine ones... -- Last edit: 2014-03-23 01:16:10
Ford_Guy ◊ 2014-03-23 01:50	I've been there a few times, most recently a year ago. It's not a museum, just an abandoned gas station off of Interstate 40 near Barstow, CA, which runs parallel to the old Route 66 for a good stretch. Next to it is a still-operating restaurant (that serves some excellent breakfast) and across the street is a Chevron gas station. The gas station remains "untouched" as a bit of a tourist attraction, I would imagine. People take pictures of/with the cars, nothing else.
eLMeR ◊ 2014-03-24 01:12	Thanks for these details, Ford_Guy. It's odd such cars stay untouched for so many years... There is however a padlock on the Chevy's hood: maybe some "tactless people" tried to pick some pieces off the engine for their own truck 2 other views of the place (click...): (The other truck is a 1956 International Harvester Travelall)

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