I looked up the frame and wheelbase info for 57 GMC trucks in my Master Parts
Book last night and found:
Model "Ton" Wheelbase Chevy equivalent model
101 1/2 113" 31xx
102 1/2 123" 32xx
152 3/4 123" 36xx
251 1 113" I'm not sure which
252 1 123" wheelbases Chevy
253 1 135" offered in 38xx series
The frame on the GMC 102 is thicker material than the 101. I suspect that it
is the same frame as used on the 152 model, but forgot to look it up.
Interesting that the 3/4 ton only came in the 123" wheelbase, but the 1 ton
came as short, long and realllllllly long models.
-----Original Message-----
From: jrdorsey [mailto:jrdorsey@strato.net]
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:16 PM
Cc: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] truck id help needed
well, yes and no. On the rear no problem, on the front, problem. You
have to find a rim with the right backset to keep from rubbing the tie
rod ends. If you have newer tie rod ends it's easier, the originals with
the screw in plug in the end stick out just a little bit farther.
I had a pair off a Ford that fit with a 3/16" spacer. trial and error is
about the only way.
Pat Sackrider wrote:
>
> Hi all, I've got a 3/4 ton 54. Is there a rim that replaces the 8 bolt
> split rims, available?
> thanks
> Pat Sackrider
> '54 3600
> Saginaw, MI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Bruce Kettunen
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:41 PM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] truck id help needed
>
> 57 Chevy would have been a 12 Volt negative ground. 3600 indicates
> 3/4 ton. You should also have 8 bolt wheels. Yes, the 3600 is a
> 3/4 ton. The extra lever was a parking brake. This may have had
> the parking brake on a separate drum on the tailshaft of the transmission,
> don't remember if this started with 3/4 or 1 ton trucks.
>
> All of these trucks had holes for a dealer installed accessory RADIO
> (stereo FM hadn't been in use yet back then). The holes came from
> the factory filled with removable blanks. Very few trucks had radios
> back then, but they were starting to become popular.
>
> Bruce K
> 57 3200 (1/2 ton long bed)
> Mt. Iron, MN
>
> At Monday, 18 November 2002, you wrote:
>
> >I got a '57 long bed, the side emblem oval says 3600. It has a floor
> >shifter and looks like another lever for an e-brake. Has a hole
> in the dash
> >for a radio with seperate holes for the knobs. Did they have "factory"
> >stereo's back then? These holes look to have been stamped out by
> a machine.
> >I'm assuming this is a 6 volt electrical system. Last question,
> does the
> >3600 designation indicate that the truck is a 3/4 ton?
> >
> >thanks,
> >Bill
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> >
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