Is This really a 36 Chevy Coupe Pickup?

[TheWookie]

I recently purchased a 36 chevy coupe. The guy I got from told me that the old man he got from said it was a coupe pickup. No bed or trunk lid came with the car. Ascetically I love the way the car looks now I don't plan on painting or doing any bodywork beyond knocking out the big dents. But if it did start out life as a coupe pickup I think I should put the bed back in. Here is a few pictures of the car. The space for the trunk starts way to low to be a normal 36 from what I can find. Some of you experts please let me know what you think. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

[edcodesign]

I'm no expert, but I have seen various coupes with a pickup box addition done back in their day. That green one looks cool.

[Hdonlybob]

I think they were conversions during the war due to gas rations...as trucks could get more gas with the rationing...
Cheers..........

[GREASER815]

Originally Posted by Hdonlybob

I think they were conversions during the war due to gas rations...as trucks could get more gas with the rationing...
Cheers..........

Yep, I have heard that too.

[Carl La Fong]

Originally Posted by Hdonlybob

I think they were conversions during the war due to gas rations...as trucks could get more gas with the rationing...
Cheers..........

That is an old myth. Ration stickers were issued according to the necessity of the driver in question. Nearly everyone got an A sticker. That got you 4 gallons a week. Essential personnel like defense workers got B sticker. Very essential people, like doctors got C stickers. Truckers got a T sticker which allowed them all the fuel they wanted, but the T sticker was not issued to the vehicle, nor were any of them. They were issued to the individual driver, based on what the government decided he needed. You could stick a bed on the back of your old beater and it would not get you one addition drop of gasoline. People converted their cars because they wanted or needed a pickup

[28dreyer]

Originally Posted by Carl La Fong

That is an old myth. Ration stickers were issued according to the necessity of the driver in question. Nearly everyone got an A sticker. That got you 4 gallons a week. Essential personnel like defense workers got B sticker. Very essential people, like doctors got C stickers. Truckers got a T sticker which allowed them all the fuel they wanted, but the T sticker was not issued to the vehicle, nor were any of them. They were issued to the individual driver, based on what the government decided he needed. You could stick a bed on the back of your old beater and it would not get you one addition drop of gasoline. People converted their cars because they wanted or needed a pickup

Do I not remember gas rationing stickers applied to the car in the lower right hand corner of the windshield and/or was their a rationing book that got filled out with every purchase?

[28dreyer]

Originally Posted by 28dreyer

Do I not remember gas rationing stickers applied to the car in the lower right hand corner of the windshield and/or was their a rationing book that got filled out with every purchase?

Originally Posted by Carl La Fong

That is an old myth. Ration stickers were issued according to the necessity of the driver in question. Nearly everyone got an A sticker. That got you 4 gallons a week. Essential personnel like defense workers got B sticker. Very essential people, like doctors got C stickers. Truckers got a T sticker which allowed them all the fuel they wanted, but the T sticker was not issued to the vehicle, nor were any of them. They were issued to the individual driver, based on what the government decided he needed. You could stick a bed on the back of your old beater and it would not get you one addition drop of gasoline. People converted their cars because they wanted or needed a pickup

Here now is the complete story found on the net...

...as more and more tankers became victim of U-boats, gasoline became in short supply for civilian use. OPA set up what was called a 'mileage rationing' program and upon application at the local rationing board (made up of civilian volunteers from each community) one was issued a rationing book and a sticker for the windshield depending on one's occupation or vehical usage. A, B, and C were not the only stickers, although those were the most common as they were for private vehicular use. The A coupon was good at first for 4 gallons per week, later reduced to 3. The B and C were good for a couple of gallons more, with C being good for the most. As I remember, each book contained enough coupons for a month or two and when the book ran out one had to re-apply for a new one. The coupon books were not transferable and had to be surrendered if the car was sold. Nobody ever traded for a new car as there weren't any new cars.

[tb33anda3rd]

do you have any crappier pictures?

[31Vicky with a hemi]

them picture are so crappy I can barely tell what kind of car that is.

[LIFESTYLZ]

Originally Posted by 31Vicky with a hemi

them picture are so crappy I can barely tell what kind of car that is.

You don't need to tell.
The OP has already told ....

[Lild]

When I talk to an old condger at a show once that had a coupe p/u he said they would ad p/u beds to cars for the increase in rations like stated by Hdonlybob.

[LSR 2909]

Originally Posted by tb33anda3rd

do you have any crappier pictures?

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ct1932ford]

Originally Posted by tb33anda3rd

do you have any crappier pictures?

I was thinking the same thing. We must be related

[Penetrator]

"In 1936, to fulfill a supposed customer need for a dual-purpose vehicle, the Chevrolet
Division made a small corporate investment and introduced the Standard Coupe Pick-Up.
It was billed by Chevrolet as a “Standard passenger car adapted for commercial use” and
was built by the Fisher Body Company on the platform of the Chevrolet Standard Coupe.
This car was modified with a fender-mounted spare tire and the rear trunk was replaced

with a permanently mounted 5-foot long pick-up bed."

http://clubs.hemmings.com/northcasca...e_Delivery.pdf

[29sportcoupe]

I love your car so much I bought two! Does your have the wood or metal doors? Killer car, funky truck. Enjoy.

[TheWookie]

Originally Posted by 29sportcoupe

I love your car so much I bought two! Does your have the wood or metal doors? Killer car, funky truck. Enjoy.

are both those 36's pardon my dumb question but the rear fenders are sick. The fenders I have seen on the 36's are not nearly as nice.

[Old Dude]

The only Car, pick up I know of, that was
Factory made was the 1939 ?Chevy Cpe.
I saw it in Brown county. Ohio, as some guy had 3 or 4, '39 Chevys there. As far as I know, that was the first Factory/Cpe./ truck.

I have seen Old modle A Sedans cut down to make a truck bed in back. i have seen several of those too.

[LIFESTYLZ]

Originally Posted by Old Dude

As far as I know, that was the first Factory/Cpe./ truck.

Well how do you explain this then?

[blackanglia]

They are making import like that too...... sorry had to do it.

[DocWatson]

Christ man, clean it up and paint it, build a real Hot Rod!

Doc.