Pickup Identification From Blurry Old Pictures In The Snow

[Tcoat]

I am not good at identifying trucks under ideal conditions so am at a total loss on this one.

I do however know that somebody here will look at a tail light and be able to tell me make, model, year and even if there is a kit for it.

Help please!

 

[Plowboy]

It's a '65 or '66 Chevy stepside. Revell makes a '65.

[keyser]

62-6 Chevy stepside hard to tell but not a 61 pretty sure. 

[BlackSheep214]

Wow.... at least I can ID the VW van in the top photo....?

[Tcoat]

8 hours ago, keyser said:

62-6 Chevy stepside hard to tell but not a 61 pretty sure. 

PERFECT Thanks guys!

The picture was taken around '70 or '71 and the truck was pretty decrepit by that point so if '62 is in the range I would guess that was it. I know my dad (was his truck) wouldn't have had a vehicle under at least 6 or 7 years old and a bazillion miles back then so that leaves the later years out. I think one of the reasons that my curent memories believed it was even older than that (thought '50s for sure) was because it was in such rough shape when I was a kid. If my memory serves me right he traded some guy for half a dozen chickens  since the engine was seized solid. I learned much of my brute force wrenching skills (and most of my foul language) helping him get it unstuck using 3 wrenches, a screwdriver, a 2x4 and a hammer.  It ran on for years!

[Tcoat]

9 hours ago, Plowboy said:

It's a '65 or '66 Chevy stepside. Revell makes a '65.

And you can even still get the kit for a reasonable price! Any idea if any work would be needed to back date it to a '62? I know I will need t add two higher up trailer lights as per the picture (he probably smashed the real tails and that was the cheaper repair). 

[Tcoat]

8 hours ago, BlackSheep214 said:

Wow.... at least I can ID the VW van in the top photo....?

That was one of dad's famous "plans". It was set up as a camper and we were going to go camping "all the time". We went once, all got sick (in hindsight the thing was probably full of black mold) and the VW just moved back and forth in the driveway for about 8 years. Think it was scrapped when they sold the property in '75. There wasn't much left of it by then.

 

It did get replaced by a pop up trailer and the most unsuitable tow vehicle EVER around the time the picture above would have been taken.

 

 

 

Edited December 15, 2022 by Tcoat

[Plowboy]

50 minutes ago, Tcoat said:

And you can even still get the kit for a reasonable price! Any idea if any work would be needed to back date it to a '62? I know I will need t add two higher up trailer lights as per the picture (he probably smashed the real tails and that was the cheaper repair). 

If it was a '62, you'll need two kits and a '62 grille. You'll need the AMT '60 Chevy for the cab with the wraparound windshield and the '65 for the hood and stepside bed. The '60 has a six cylinder and the '65 has a 283. Someone may make the '62 grille in resin or 3-D print. 

If your dad's truck didn't have the wraparound windshield like this '60.

Then it's a '63 or newer.

 

 

[Tcoat]

1 minute ago, Plowboy said:

If it was a '62, you'll need two kits and a '62 grille. You'll need the AMT '60 Chevy for the cab with the wraparound windshield and the '65 for the hood and stepside bed. The '60 has a six cylinder and the '65 has a 283. Someone may make the '62 grille in resin or 3-D print. 

If your dad's truck didn't have the wraparound windshield like this '60.

Then it's a '63 or newer.

 

 

I don't really remember but the picture (as bad as it is) looks like a flatter windshield. So it looks like I will just call it a '63 and good enough. I just went '62 before because it pushed it back that bit further. 

Ironically enough on Monday I picked up the '60 Fleetside AMT kit just for the engine to go into a different project. That was what drove me to look at the old pictures and see if anybody knew what the truck was. If it had been a '60 I would have built it as dad's but his being a stepside that makes it a whole new project.

I think I will just go with the '65 up to do the beat up old stepside and the Fleetside can be a a custom "restomod" truck for me to practice my shiny paint skills. I will have a left over 409 and some custom parts from a '58 ala Impala kit that is donating it's chassis to my main project so I can probably cobble together a nice little show truck. Not something I would normally do but may as well use up the extras.

[ChrisBcritter]

It's at least a '64, from the gap that's just barely visible above the top grille bar. It has the two horizontal hood slots introduced in '63, but the '63 grille went to the top of the grille opening. '64-66 had more of a "dogbone" shape with the top gap. Check this out:

https://news.classicindustries.com/1960-1972-chevy-truck-history

[Tcoat]

5 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

It's at least a '64, from the gap that's just barely visible above the top grille bar. It has the two horizontal hood slots introduced in '63, but the '63 grille went to the top of the grille opening. '64-66 had more of a "dogbone" shape with the top gap. Check this out:

https://news.classicindustries.com/1960-1972-chevy-truck-history

See this is why I went to the experts! The details don't lie when you know what you are looking for. My only resistance to it being a 64 up was my memory of it's condition when he dragged it home with the tractor. Since it is likely a '64 then it would only have been a 5 year old truck when he got it. Now, if I recall correctly, it came from a hog farm so probably had a really rough 5 years.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Or if it's important enough to you, you can always look for a '62 annual.

Of course you'd need to source the step side bed elsewhere, as the annual was an Apache long bed.

 

I have one, but it would take a fairly hefty trade to pry it away from me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Edited December 16, 2022 by StevenGuthmiller

[StevenGuthmiller]

11 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

It's at least a '64, from the gap that's just barely visible above the top grille bar. It has the two horizontal hood slots introduced in '63

Actually, those slots were there in '62.

But I agree.

The headlight bezel appears to be pretty much square, as compared to the "kidney" shaped '62 bezel, so my guess would be 1964 or later.

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Tcoat]

Think that the pictures that ChrisB attached told me it is a '64. In my very fuzzy memory I an sure the A pillers slopped back not forward so it is probably a '64 that just lived a hard hard life. I could also be remembering some of the wear and tear from when it was finally retired in about'73 as when he got it so it may not have been as bad at first as memory serves.

All in all I don't think I can go to far off the mark with the available Revell '65 kit. Besides I want those flame decals for another project!

Thanks everybody.