Most in depth review review/history 1952 Chevy 1 ton truck
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Hello and welcome to the channel. I forgot to mention that in 1952 all chevys used 6 volt system, Chevy went to 12 volt in 1955… All other American makes 12 volt in 1957. Chevy had a negative ground, which is opening up another rabbit hole because each company did things different, a lot of companies used positive ground
This episode features overview/history lesson for AD Chevy. We talk about styling, driving experience, and give it a score based on vehicles of the time
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You should do one of these videos on the succeding Chevy truck, the "Task Force Trucks" 1955-1959, my personal favorite, and a proud owner of a '56 3600 3/4 ton. In my opinion the best looking Chevy truck series of literally all time, and it's a damn shame that you almost never see one restored to original condidtion... They have a particularly big following with the restomod guys.
I have so many ideas of episodes that I wanna do but you’re right I haven’t seen a task force truck in good shape this year restored to original condition another truck that you don’t see often is a 58 Apache
I would love to compare all of the trucks to one another like the 52 international, dodge Chevy ford
Would love to compare Hudson terraplane and studebaker express 1937 that’s a tall tall order both trucks are super rare
I’m probably gonna hit my truck again before this year is over the format has changed a lot since I did that episode
I’ll start looking for a task force truck=)
Great video! We need more like this i love all of these trucks from 6400 to 3100
I was hoping to find the whole range that hasn’t happened yet
That's a nice truck, Jay! Back in the 70s, my uncle had a 49 Chevy 1/2 ton, same color green, but it had a GMC 6 cyl- 261 I think. It was actually pretty quick. I don't remember what happened to it. My 61 Rampside has the door locks set up just like yours, except the driver's door has a key to lock/unlock it. This video isn't bad for a first effort, but your latest vids are much improved!
It took me a week and a half to put this video together now I'm doing videos and 6 to 8 hours..
My wife helped me with that one and she told me she's like you can't have somebody's car for a week and a half lol
I still have this truck. I drove it today actually a lot getting an exhaust kit put on it eventually I'm trying to figure out if I want to put the glass packs on it. I think I'm going to go that route I really want to get a painted as well but they want fortune the paint it I might try to clearcoat it myself
I would love for you to do a video on the Odd trucks GM made, or the Tri-5 trucks
I personally own a 1956 GMC F450 that has a 302 inline 6. Also has an aftermarket Coleman 4wd.
The 235 came out in 1941 in the medium duty one and a half and 2 ton truck. And from 1941 to 1953 look identical to the 216. It had a Dipper oiling system which was a sign of the time. In 1954 when the 235 was updated the 216 was dropped. So most people think that the old 235s with the Dipper systems were 216 and they weren't
4th gear position on the shifter is tight if you have great big giant legs ! Great review, thanks for posting.
Forth gear isn’t bad reverse is bad. If you’re big, it doesn’t affect me too much but I do have to slide over a little bit when I put it in reverse.
@@What.its.like. Oh, I mistyped, I meant reverse. At least you have plenty of head room. Love the truck.
Great video, an epic year in trucks.
Can you do a video on the '52 Ford F1?
FYI their was a bylaw back then regarding the drivers door lock. They didn't want people exiting into the road. Therefore only the passenger locks at the curb...
I will totally do a Ford F1 as soon as I find one =)
Ideally, I would love to find a Ford international Chevy Dodge and compare them all
@@What.its.like. Great, I can't wait hope you find a '52. Also, the whole F1 to F5 family is really interesting as well.
Thanks for the information on the 52 chevy. I just bought a 4400 and learned a lot tonight. Thanks again for the info.
No worries I’m so glad you got something from it.. I bought the truck to drive it it’s honestly my favorite truck of any truck that I’ve ever driven ever. Of course mine has a swap drive train but it’s still retains everything else like it’s the original chassis still has mechanical brakes mechanical steering.. honestly I’m probably gonna shoot that video again because the format has changed so much from when I originally did it.. 4400 that’s a one and ahalf ton truck right? They are so cool and parts are readily available the only thing that is hard to find is the corner windows i’m in the process of getting a radial tires I’m having a heck of a time finding the single piece of Rims they only made them in the mid 80s on off commercial vehicles I might do a comparison video bias versus Radial tires in the rain
Yes, the 4400 is a ton and a half. I don't have the corner cab windows. I think they are a good thing to have, but the truck I found didn't have them. I got a battery charging to go into the truck. I hope this weekend to get started or to see if I can get it started. Good to know that the parts are readily available. I would like to drive it around before I change the drive line. Won't be going anywhere far (or fast). I'll watch for the new video. Good luck.
A Chevy nv4500 trans with 5 speed overdrive and a 350 Vortec or GM HD383 stroker would do wonders for this truck.
There's a guy live about four or five Doors Down from me have one with a 383 HD stroker from Chevrolet and a nv4500 5 speed overdrive transmission installed in one. And that truck is a beast it pulls and it runs and it looks awesome
That’s the setup I wanted or ls swap but I’m happy with what I have if the engine goes idk I might
Nice truck ! I like the engine upgrade , & the 3.73 rear great combo for modern hwy. use thanks for the video .
Thank you so much for digging =)
Give it some positive caster and it will steer 100 percent better !!!!
It has radials on it now and don't like it it's not stable at speed gets great gas mileage but sways probably going back to bias also rides rough hit a bump or pothole it's death
My 1952 advanced design is a 3ton maple leaf (Canadian built) with a 270.
That’s awesome do you like yours I’m currently out in mine love it 😍 just had radials put on the rear needs balanced
Well covered.
-Daily daily driver '53 3100 5 window w/'54 235 truck engine 3 speed w/ '73 Pontiac Catalina rear end.
Your truck sounds awesome I’m going to revisit my truck because format is totally different now it took me 4 days to shoot that video because I didn’t know how or what I wanted to show and how to present it
Does your truck go highway speed just curious
@@What.its.like. Goes 90 pretty easy with mid range RPM; but I don't feel safe with these 70 yr. old reflexes. Tell the wife it's a chick magnet but their mostly our age. Their story is basically the same about how they learned to drive on the farm in one & all agree the smell inside is the very same.
Coming out of Wal-Mart I've walked up on a few teenage girls hugging the fenders & hood as they pose for selfies. The epoxy flat brown rattle can Rust-oleum I apply every 4th election year seems to draw them to it like milk chocolate Hershey bar.
On the format... Like every career; it takes forever to get the swing of it... but once you get it organized the process only takes a quarter of the effort & time to accomplish the results. Looking forward to riding down the trail of the few known facts there are on each vehicles attributes. Blessings be upon your further endeavors.
Thank you so much for sharing those amazing stories I’ve owned 3 classic cars 67 mustang 73 karman Ghia and the 52 Chevy truck I get more looks in the truck then both of the other two cars combined the mustang was sick and the Ghia got great gas mileage.. I’d venture to say no the truck even tho it’s a daily drives better than my mustang did I loved that that car but it was a still ride
Great video! I recently picked up a rear end from a ‘52-53 3800 1 ton dually and I’m trying to find brake components for those massive drums. Do you know of any sites that sell stuff for those?
Have you tried?
Napa, rock auto, O’Reilly’s, eBay is huge help most of the time you can find whatever you need on eBay… you might laugh but I needed a master brake cylinder for mine 52 Chevy and they had one a couple towns over had I called in the morning I could have walked out with the part in my hot little hands that same day..
Also pro tip take the part with you to the store everytime I need a front end part we get heavy duty 3800 series. But the parts are always too small O’Reilly’s had my front tie rod end ( those were hard to find) and took a couple weeks.. you’ll be surprised specially, if you live in an area that has a lot of people that use Classic Cars like there’s a lot of AD series trucks 1947-1954 driving around here.
Other sites
www.lmctruck.com/chevrolet?gad_source=1
classicparts.com/chevy-gmc/chevy-gmc-truck-parts/1947-1954-truck-parts
shop.classicindustries.com/lp/1947-2008-chevy-truck-parts-accessories-classic-chevrolet-trucks
www.npdlink.com/1947-1998-chevy-truck
I hope this helps =) what engine are you running mine doesn’t have the stock drive train but absolutely love it.. still not 100% sold on radials I’ll talk about it in the 500th episode on Tuesday I thought it would be cool the do a totally live show but idk how that would work I guess I could flip it with the iPad and it could just be a one off like that which would be cool =)
Very helpful. Thank you! I’ll check out my local Napa first then rely on these sites. Funny enough, this rear end is going in a 1929 Chevy 1.5 ton I’m building into a classic camper hot rod. It has a higher compression 235 decoding from ‘56-62 and I’m still trying to decide on a tranny. Fun project!
19.5" radials . You'll never regret it
I am working on it I need two more rims you don’t happen to have any do you I’ve looked everywhere around here.. right now it’s got biased and radials on it and I would not recommend doing that.. can only drive safe we about 40 miles an hour the 19.5s are rough i’m going to keep my split rims I’m going to try to see if I can find somebody that has a forge and make a mold of them because I can’t be the only person that has this problem
No, I don't. Sorry. I swapped the original split rims for 7r 19.5 wheels and tires and was worried that it wouldn't make much of a difference.
As I drove out of the parking lot of the tire place I was laughing , because even at that slow speed it was night and day. Also I think the bigger wheels look great.
All these guys that slam the trucks and make them into "cars" are silly. it's a one ton ! My truck has a utility body and a crane on it and works for a living.
And looks like a proper truck.
Something I’d like to correct you double clutching didn’t go away with the introduction of these trucks 1947 was unique in that retained pretty much all the old AK technology if the drivetrain my own 47 still has the factory non synchronized 4 speed and the 3 speed option was still on the floor for that year making 47 the only year with no clearance in the dash for a column shifter
Awesome thank you so much for that. I never drove any other one besides mine, we are coming up on our 500th episode I’m going to cover this truck again. I still have it. I don’t ever plan on getting rid of it, but I’ve had some mechanical upgrades and it doesn’t look as good as it back then.
@@What.its.like. yeah 47 is probably the most unique in these trucks because of the story on them. The workers in charge of the tooling went on strike because GM was pushing so hard to get the new tooling out as a result they actually made a few 47 trucks identical to a 46 and the 47 AD trucks retained a crap ton of the old technology
I’ve had mine since I was 15 and in my quest to make it stay as original as possible I’ve had a difficult time finding parts because of year specific stuff. Yours is definitely in better shape though hopefully mine will be in that kind of condition soon I didn’t have a bed engine or good rear end when I got mine rear end is different too because the older 4 speed was a different length than the sm420 that came out in 48.
You have a beautiful truck by the way mine doesn’t even have paint anymore lol
I absolutely love the SM 420 transmission. Mine has a 350 V8 in it. Nothing spectacular makes 150 hp but it has a hydraulic roller cam. It seems like that should’ve been the perfect set up for that truck. It will go 80 miles an hour. It gets 20 miles to the gallon now it’s sitting on radial tires 19.5 With the radial tires, it doesn’t have the resistance the bias had it rolls freely. It also stops better and handles and wet weather better. For me, I absolutely love this sound of straight cut gears in a transmission when you’re at the top of third it almost sounds like it’s supercharged and I absolutely love it when you go to shift gear it clicks..
My truck has that patina look, but it’s started flaking the clearcoat off of it so I took it somewhere to get it clearcoated and that was the furthest of drove it and a long time and man that I have a blast =) your part of driving the truck you’re part of everything that’s going on. New cars are so isolated when you push the break down and it goes all the way to the floor you need more brake fluid. It talks to you like that it communicates new cars don’t do that.
Not all 235s were high pressure oiling until 1954 the 235 came out in the big trucks in 1941 to 53 and they had the old Dipper oiling system just like the 216 and look like a 216 through 53. 1953 you can get a car with a 235 and automatic transmission and it looks like a 216 but if it's a automatic it's a 235.
Awesome information thank you so much for the correction
How much would you think something like this would be cost ?
If someone was to sell it ..
Depends on the market I’m not selling mine but I’ll tell you what I paid for it $7,500.. I see them for sale lot for around that price.. for reasons I can’t explain the half ton costs so much more but it’s 1/3 the truck.. The one and a half ton and 2 ton trucks you can find for 10k and under
Check Facebook marketplace right now is the best time to buy I’m finding all kinds of deals because people have to pay for storage
I'm looking for those chevy classic trucks with 3.5 ton axles 4x4. Can you assist?
Are you talking about the tandem the big trucks.. I don’t know anything about 4 x 4 with Chevy early Chevy I honestly don’t know anybody that I can point you to either, does anyone else know a link and can get them in touch with someone who would know?
@@What.its.like. Like the regular drivers license for most countrys is a class B. Which allows you to drive Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) all the way to 3.5 tonne. The equivalent of this! th-cam.com/video/UlbBdVw8brc/w-d-xo.html
Mint!
It’s my baby/workhorse I’m honestly gonna redo this video because everything has changed since then and nobody really watched it anywhere in the beginning I think that that episode shows a lot of what I wanted to show on this channel but I don’t have the opportunity to show cars like that and drive them I’m working on it though I recently got a job at a classic car dealership so I can drive everything there but if I go to other classic car dealerships I can’t a lot of it has to do with insurance purposes and other various factors like if the car catches on fire who’s to blame..
That’s a split RING not a split rim.
Todays market 6/10 condition what would one of these models price range be
No idea market is all over the place mine is a 1 ton the crazy thing is 1 ton 1.5 and 2 tons are generally cheaper than the 1/2 3/4 ton truck and the 1-2ton trucks are more truck for money.
I think I’m going to feature the truck again because no one whatevs that and the format has changed quite a bit.
Paid $7,500 for that one and according to nada it’s worth $20,000 for good shape. But that’s a jumping off point it’s worth what someone will give for it. =)
My question would be about being able to swap out things like the danger rims for something safe and future-proof. Same with drive train, is there a modern-day chassis/drivetrain that could donate to this in full assemblies? Thorough review, good luck with the channel.
I switched the rims I think we’re going to cover this again the format changed drastically since the very first episode I honestly don’t like the way that it rides now.. i’m going to get it aligned and see if that fixes it but you get it on a dirt road you can’t go faster than 5 miles an hour it just shakes.. with the bias tires you could go 90 down a dirt road and it was totally stable
Buy newer rims and do away with split rims !!!
That is not a split rim that is a split ring wheel the split Rim split in the middle
of the rim not on the outside ring
Two piece not widow wheels but no one will change those here.. I’ve since put 19.5 radials on it and have been chasing problems even since I’ve done the universals king pin new tie rod ends..
Soul by adding the 195 Wheels how much has that helped your gear ratio in Road speed
The truck would go 70, 7580 with the biased tires on it.. it gets better gas mileage now I get about 20 miles to the gallon on the highway.. I’m not sure if it’s worth it though because of all of the issues that I’ve had to fix since.. it has never tracked right since doing this modification.. and with the tires with tubes never had an issue with keeping air pressure never had to put more air in .. every time it gets cold outside or gets extremely hot after being cold. I have to readjust the air it’s safer yes but that seems like it’s only positive the tires themselves call for 100 pounds of pressure but if I put that much in there the truck is undrivable. So I have them at 75/80lbs
We are approaching 500 episodes on the channel. I think I’m gonna hit that in the summertime. I’m hoping to have all the kinks worked out by then going to do another review on that truck and talk about all of the hurdles.
The tires are also cheaper than the bias. They almost half the price I paid $150 per tire the bias with the tubes foundation and everything they were almost 350. I’m sure they’re more than that now.
@@What.its.like. remember that t o e in is different with radial tires than it is with bias ply tires might want to check what's local tire shop what your toe in should be for the handling
Yeah, that’s when I found out the tie rods were bad. I’ve been trying to get it four wheel lined and I keep chasing problems. Every time I go to get it aligned somebody else will say something else is wrong with it and they can’t align it.
What? No air bags did you say?🙀
Haha no bs in that truck
No traction control, no airbags seat belts manual everything and best of all if I leave my cell phone at home I can go totally disconnect nobody knows where I am or where my vehicle is at.. which is freedom in a way