It appears that the owners of this rare 1934 Chevrolet Canopy Express truck have grown tired of selling it as the price has recently been reduced from $8,900 to $3,500 or best offer! It’s listed for sale here on Facebook Marketplace and is located in Royersford, Pennsylvania. Thanks to frequent finder Chuck F. for sending us this cool find! Although the truck obviously will require a lot of work, it appears to be much more solid than you might expect.
We have posted about Canopy Express trucks before and I remember being surprised the first time I came across one that GM would build such a specialized vehicle. One typical use for these specialized sales vehicles was grocery delivery as depicted above in the factory brochure posted by the GM Heritage Center. There’s at least one still in use today as a mobile farrier shop.
The bodies really were constructed just for the purpose of having a mobile store, and the wide-open sides work really well for that purpose. I can see someone refurbishing this Express for use at car events selling just about anything out of the back from cold drinks to transmissions — wouldn’t that be fun!
Considering its age and northern location, I’m amazed at the condition of the metal in the body. Honestly, I don’t see much that couldn’t be fixed with local patching. I believe the missing fender is in the cab, so don’t worry about that (yet) either.
Just look at that solid metal! There are parts specialists for this truck that might be able to help you with a wood floor, but I think I’d give it a go on my own first. I’m hoping that muffler is still attached to a drivetrain; although the truck is described as “complete”, there are no pictures of the engine or underside.
What would you put on the side of the door? Got a classic-oriented business you would want to advertise?
I’m excited about the possibilities of what a classic vehicle lover could do with this affordable and rare truck. What do you think?
This may be rare, but rare does not always mean valuable. I could see this doing duty as a hearse back in the day. Hopefully someone will save this before it’s too far gone. Keeping it inside would be a good first step.
I like that. It has many possibilities .
This would make a great swag wagon. Paint your business name on the doors and sell shirts and hats out the back. Is Richard Rawlings reading this?
This so cool, if I had a place I’d be tempted to ad it to my collection of GonnaRestoreItSomeday LOL. Would you rather, stock?
Or street rod?
My collection https://www.flickr.com/people/115986104@N05/
If I’m not mistaken, these are still wood bodies. Sitting outside for years is death to wood bodies adding lots to restoration cost.
Heaven help me, I like this. I just can’t bring home another lost puppy.
Not worth throwing money and time at it .day gone by
You had better have mad woodcrafting skills, the whole body structure is wood, and a lot of it. This is the worst thing about early Chevies.