A half-ton 3100 may give a better ride for daily hauling duties, unless you’re really using this truck as a heavy-hauler. It has a great look, and if there’s a more iconic green for Chevy pickups in this era, I’d be surprised. This 1949 Chevrolet 3600 can be found here on Facebook Marketplace in Auburn, Kansas, and they’re asking $9,500 or best offer for this great-running and driving 3/4-ton pickup. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Zappenduster for the tip!
I wouldn’t change one thing about this truck inside or out. Once you see the interior and engine compartment, and then think back to the $9,500 asking price, it’ll seem like a reasonable deal. I don’t believe those “hub caps” say CHEVROLET on them, so they? I’ve zoomed in, and they look smooth, other than the left rear one. Page 19 of this Chevy literature shows the wheel covers, and these don’t appear to be factory pieces. I believe this truck is Forester Green, according to the chart on page 18 of this literature?
The mottled paint gives this truck even more charm, if that’s a decent word to use about a tough 3/4-ton truck. The tailgate always seems to take the brunt of the abuse. This truck has a fairly new trailer hitch hiding under the well-worn bumper, and I’m always surprised to see the taillights on these old pickups in place. They’re so perilously positioned that you’d think they would always be broken off. Here’s what the inside of the bed looks like.
Chevy’s first big redesign of its truck line after WWII, the Advanced Design series was made from 1947 through 1955, and page 17 of this fantastic 1949 Chevrolet truck brochure shows the 3604 pickup. The interior looks nicer than I expected, maybe because the seat has been recovered and the door panels have been recovered with similar material. Here’s another brochure showing the engineering features of the ’49 trucks. This one appears to have an optional 4-speed manual and floor shifter.
The engine should be Chevrolet’s smallest engine available here, a 216.5-cu.in. OHV inline-six, with 90 horsepower and 174 lb-ft of torque. The seller says it runs and drives great and has been converted to a 12-volt system. How much would you pay for this ’49 3/4-ton Chevy pickup?
Apparently, I’m one of the very few interested in history, and this truck is dripping with it. Referring to the ’51 Vicky, how about this. 2 brothers from a rural Kansas farm, went to war, luckily came back, brother 1 came back to the farm, and bought a brand new “5 pedal” Chevy pickup, seen here. Brother 2, stayed in the military, for a couple more years, and a bit more showy, came in the farm driveway with a new Ford Vicky. While “o;d fashioned” by todays standards, the AD Chevy was really a modern truck. Gone were many of the pre-war things that made a truck a truck. These were actually car like, and for many farms, this was their only vehicle. From poop hauling to Sat. night, hopefully not on the same day. Many learned to drive at an early age on these, and for years were this “standard old truck” that few wanted. Then came the resto-mods, and completely turned things around for these, and I suspect the same will happen here. That’s okay, limited interest like this today, clown it out.