Is This really a 36 Chevy Coupe Pickup?

[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.

[Hdonlybob]

Neat !!

Originally Posted by blackanglia

here is a 54 chevy with a box that has been sitting for a while.

[VOODOO ROD & CUSTOM]

I have a Friend that Just finished restoring a 1937 Chevy Coupe / Pickup. He has the documentation that this was a Dealer Installed Accessory Kit.

I forgot my Photobucket P/W but if I remember it, I'll post the pix.

VR&C.

[Dog Dish Deluxe]

it was a factory option, the bed slid in and out. GM also sold "trail about" trailers that used gm pickup beds. I have one that I have a Ford bed on.

[VOODOO ROD & CUSTOM]

Here they are :

[29sportcoupe]

Yours has a big old hole in the back if it and if it had a fender mounted spare, I think you would have a winner! It would be nice to find another one so that you can figure out the bed.

[Rattle Trap]

Wow blackanglia that car is a right hand drive from Africa.

[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.

[willowbilly3]

Originally Posted by blackanglia

Here is a 54 Chevy with a box that has been sitting for a while.

Yes these were often used by nurserys. It appears this one might have broke down making a delivery.

[TheWookie]

Thanks for the help. Here are some more pics. I tried to make them as crappy as I could for you guys. The more I look at it the more I believe it is a factory coupe pickup. So I will be putting the bed back in it. The stuff I have seen online about the 36 version of this says that there are only bout 10 of them around!

Some one asked about the doors all the insides were metal. Someone screwed Volkswagen innards to them I will need to fix that.

I'm not sure I want to mess with the body too much I really like the natural look it has at the moment but we will see. I have a 29 chevy thats pretty nice and I bought this thinking of a keeping it a beater. Always open for suggestions. I should be starting the build in a month or so I have a 62 f350 I am just about wrapped up with.

[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.

[gimpyshotrods]

We've got a guy out this way, rolling this:

[4t7flat]

Sears or Motgomery Ward sold Kits to make a truck out of a Model "A" coupe. It was all bolt in,no cutting involved. They show up on E-Bay quite often.

[29sportcoupe]

I love it, I also plan to run it bare for now. Mine was a Apache Navajo Telephone systems car in Holbrook from 36 to 55. I have all the registrations for it. The earlier 36s had all wood framing in the doors, among everywhere else! Mines solid but I rebuilt the doors with 1inch tubing and now they shut perfect. Glad to see your going to put it back to truck duty.

[codeblu]

I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but I love the side mount spares on those Chevies...

[TheWookie]

Originally Posted by codeblu

I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but I love the side mount spares on those Chevies...

From what I can tell only on the 36 coupe pickup had the side mount spare. The regular coupes had it mounted on the rear valance and then after 36 they were under the bed or in the trunk. I am going to have to modify a fender to recreate that on this car or maybe run truck fenders. I have an original spoked wheel from this car to use as the spare..

[TexasSpeed]

Came across this one quite a while ago..