- Seller: Rebecca M (Contact)
- Location: Poughquag, New York
- Mileage: 40,000 Shown
- Chassis #: J255T015974
- Title Status: Missing
- Engine: 235 cui Inline-6
- Transmission: Manual
It’s hard to imagine such a stylish truck as Chevy’s new Task Force being used as a utility truck, probably because we usually see them either over-restored or restomodded today. But this was it, this was a tough truck made to work hard and compete with Ford, Dodge, International, and other pickups of the era. This 1955 Chevrolet Task Force 3600 utility truck is located in Poughquag, New York, and is listed here as a Barn Finds Auction!
This is why I’ll continue to wear glasses rather than getting the vision correction surgery that almost every other living human on the planet, or at least in the U.S., has had. I don’t want anyone in a strip mall messing around with my eyes. Fixing this missing headlight with a new fender would be much easier. For $500, you can get a replacement fender; a botched eye job would have a higher price. This truck is about as rough as you’ll see, but it has a unique utility box on the back and that makes it very, very unique.
1955 and 1956 trucks had the eggcrate grille on the Task Force truck series, which was made from 1955 through 1959. This truck is badged as a 3600, which is a 3/4-ton, and I believe it would have been a chassis-and-cab model 3503. A model 3604 would have been the pickup version, and I’m sure that would be several levels more valuable to collectors, but make mine a utility truck every time. My grandpa drove trucks like this for years, although from another manufacturer. I’ve always had a soft spot for the utility box truck.
Sitting in the woods for an unknown number of years, or decades, the seller refers to this truck as an Apache, but those didn’t come out until 1958, so this is a regular Task Force. Buyers could opt for power steering for the first time on a Chevrolet pickup during this series, and it would sure come in handy on a rugged 3/4-ton work truck. The seller says the buyer will need to take this one as a unit, including the “refrigeration cap” in the bed. I’m not sure if that’s an insert or what that refers to; there aren’t any photos showing the rear of the truck, unfortunately.
The engine is, I believe, a 235-cu.in. OHV inline-six Thriftmaster, which had 123 horsepower (109 net) and 207 lb-ft of torque. Backed by a manual transmission sending power to the rear wheels, this one isn’t in running condition, and not much information is given on it. There is a lot of rust to deal with on this truck, but as a no-reserve auction, it could be a fun restoration project. Since taking the photos, the seller has removed several of the trees around the truck to make extracting it a bit easier. So, check it out here on Barn Finds Auctions!
Bid On This Auction
Rt bid $500.00 2025-09-13 02:17:31
Junk.
Thank you for your eloquent analysis. We’re just trying to make it useful to someone before it winds up in a crusher.
Which is very cool…I would do the same..I’d love to see it rescued and if not restored then used for parts if any are still salvageable. Getting this pulled out of there and revived or even just attempting to revive it is Youtube content GOLD…
Sad to see it in this condition. Imagine you’d have to dig it out then cross your fingers that when you go to pull it out it doesn’t come apart like a brisket. Whoever does get this will have a good project to work on.
Boy, they sure got the patina and reproduction vintage lettering just right on this. It almost looks original…
This is original. It’s been sitting there as long as I can remember.
📞 1-800-the-hook🛻🪝
Buyers premium 5% ($500 min) that’s twice what this thing is worth. Engine and transmission, maybe, if the engine’s not the reason it was parked.
No reserve, dude. The engine has 40k miles on it. I doubt that was why it was parked. But I truly don’t know. The glass alone is worth retrieving.
it could be a fun restoration project. No it would
. This sort of nightmare ends marriages. The utility bed might be worth something. The engine maybe if it isn’t frozen.
All it needs is a tree growing through it.
Let this pile-o-rust, rest in peace! The seller must be joking.
Love how simple this truck looks under the hood, like a plastic model. Too bad it’s so far gone but maybe someone will get it.
I’m kinda disappointed here. I was expectecting to see a maple tree growing through some part of it or maybe I wasn’t looking hard enough.
My childhood friends brother bought a new 68 gt-500kr and got drafted shortly after.He parked it beside his folks house.He told my friend to take it out when he wanted.Well,we fried the back tires til they went flat.Parked it and watched a tree grow thru it for the next few years.We were dirt bike lovers back then.This was just another car to us.
This is a Second generation 1955 as Chevy changed from the Advanced Design cab mid year 1955.. It is Too Bad that it has set this long to add to the Long Island NY salt inducing rust. The utility service body makes it unique, but basically this is a parts truck for another project. The seller should just give it away!! Besides the buyers premium you would have about another $100 in tolls to get it off Long Island!!
Poughquag is about an hour north of Manhattan. Absolutely beautiful area. It’s not on Long Island.
This will be a 4 speed transmission. 3 speed would be a column shifter,. No power steering on this p.o.s. it would be driven off the back of the generator. Nothing special about the service body other than it’s missing it’s doors. (Hinges probably rusted off.) The only thing I find interesting on this mound of rust is the grille guard that matches the pattern of the grille. The only thing that may be of value on this rolling (maybe) rust pile is the drive train.
I’m sorry, this looks like someone “having” to clean up an area and without a title, looking for someone to help with the disposal. In our area,just claim it as abondon. And the police will have the local recycler haul it off for you.
Old trucks are cool, I hope someone can rescue it.
i would love to have it sit on acres just for yard art but its too far away to do anything
It’s got the trim around the windshield and the cab, and also has relatively low mileage. It would be a difficult to impossible restoration but there might be enough parts that someone might buy it. Good luck to buyer and seller.
If the frame is as rusted as it seems, moving it will likely break it apart. I suspect it will need to be parted out on site, but will be worth several hundred to the right person. Looks like quite a few good parts.