Class: Cars, Pick-up — Model origin:
00:17:07 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2020-04-02 02:20 |
I've lost the page, but in one of the threads from Elliot's website he says it's a 1941 Jimmy. |
◊ 2020-04-02 04:12 |
All horizontal bars in the grille = GMC. |
◊ 2020-04-02 21:33 |
All our Jimmys seem 1969+. Was there a different name this early?? This seems to be our only other 1941 pickup, model unknown. |
◊ 2020-04-02 21:45 |
From wikipedia: "The 1941-45 GMC models were sold as C-Series and became the E-Series for the 1946 and 1947 model years (CC-Series / EC-Series for the conventional cab models and CF-Series / EF-Series for the COE ones)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_AK_Series |
◊ 2020-04-02 21:56 |
It does look like the larger CCKW military trucks were nicknamed "Jimmy", so maybe the owner is confused: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_CCKW_2%C2%BD-ton_6x6_truck |
◊ 2020-04-02 22:25 |
Found the reference page again - "I’ve been asked about the ’41 Jimmy pickup that appears in the Home in October film. I drove it from Los Angeles to Long Island, in 1980...." Was Jimmy simply a nickname for any GMC, like Caddy for Cadillac, Studie for ... (and so on)?? |
◊ 2020-04-02 22:38 |
"Jimmy" could be a reference to the engine, as in this 1954 issue of Popular Mechianics. |
◊ 2020-04-02 22:41 |
According to this article, yes: "No possible names were fielded for the potential Wrangler-fighter, but one we’d love to see make a return is “Jimmy.” Much like “Hummer” was a derivation of Humvee, which itself was a verbalization of the acronym HMMWV, “Jimmy” was at one time a general nickname for all GMC trucks" Link to "www.trucktrend.com" |