As time marches on there are vehicles that were once a part of everyday life that eventually slipped into obscurity. Work vehicles are amongst those that can often be forgotten like this Snubnose Chevrolet. As far as work vehicles go, this Chevrolet is quite stylish and appealing compared to the humdrum work vehicles of the 70s and 80s. Thankfully there are many awesome highlights about this Chevy, but probably the best news is that it is drivable, although in need of work to be road worthy. With several days remaining, and several bids, this truck is currently priced at $2,800. Check out this beauty here on eBay out of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The tightly nestled small block 283 V8 is a runner that is backed up by a 4 speed manual transmission. Clean enough for an old work truck, the engine compartment could be tidied up a bit. Although the current seller drove this truck home upon purchase, the brake system needs attention to get this truck totally road ready. Surprisingly functional, this truck looks like it would need little mechanical work to get it on the road once again. The seller explains that some of the gauges are functional, and even the wipers work. With a little polishing and cleaning this Chevy would be a sweet classic to see on the roads once again.
Inside you will find a pretty basic interior that looks to need little. The bench seat is split along the back cushion, but the seat cushion is in fair shape. You will notice that the driver side door panel plate is missing, or at least not installed in the above photo. I imagine one could be sourced, or if you are handy, you could use a bead roller and make your own panel.
It is unclear what this truck once did for a living, but for now this Chevy is a blank canvas waiting for its next assignment. A stake bed would be great, or perhaps an even more elaborate camper conversion could be neat as well? The seller claims that this truck has “typical rust for a 60 year old truck” but the photos in my eyes make this truck look very solid for its age and use. There are various areas of surface rust to be found, as well as a dent in the driver side door. The biggest down fall of this truck in my eyes is minimal. The passenger side cab corner has some rot, and the bottom corner of the passenger side door does as well. To me, that is not a deal breaker at all considering the overall condition of the cab. A great candidate to revive, the only question is what would you do with this sweet Snubnose Survivor?
A small restoration shop a few towns over took one of these , added a modern dovetail ramp bed , and he then had a ’66 Corvette on the back of it in cruises and parades. Barely fits, but is an attention getter. Can you say business write off? Think of the VW bugs, dune buggys, or smaller wheelbase vehicles that could be hauled. Or, stretch the wheelbase for longer rides. Or, shorten it and add a pickup box? I know the latter has been done.
Add a stake bed, and use it as a scrap hauler. Used to see a lot of
these as grain trucks in the Midwest
as a kid. In fact, my Uncle’s nearest
neighbor drove one. I think it was the same color too. Doesn’t get any
better than this!
I’ve often thought these big ol’ monsters with a stake bed were excellent jacks-of-all-trades. I’d stake in sides when I needed a truck, build a modular camper that stakes down, when I want to go camping, do it in style.
Thanks for the trucks, always enjoy them, but I’m going to stir this up again ( for the heck of it), it’s not a cab over engine ( COE), it’s a low cab forward, or LCF. True cabovers had no hood, and other truck makers had similar designs, but I believe GM was the one they called LCF. This is another great find, a decent price, and the possibilities are many.
Howard Thank you for correcting about what is a true COE and what is a cab forward design. Only 15 or 20 more times and it might sink in. I know I am being fussy but when car/truck people don’t know the difference it is kind of disappointing. But nice truck, I would restore it.
I always live for the trucks. I loved them as a kid and still love them today. I would hope that this one is restored to original, right down to the SBC engine.
I helped a friend find a couple of trucks like this. He wanted to take it and modify the suspension and install a larger engine. To my horror he pulled the cabs then siamesed them together to make a crew cab. Then he got a modern one-ton chassis and attempted to install the lengthened cab onto it. It seemed that the more he worked on it the further behind he got until he lost interest. The original chassis have long since been discarded and the cabs are sitting out behind the shop. The city has told him to clean up his yard so they’re probably going to end up in the same place as the chassis. Needless to say, our friendship has been strained. And seeing what my friend (?) has done you can maybe understand why I’m somewhat negative to people modifying these. More are left unfinished than are completed…
Probably something like this? I’ve seen more than one “double cab” stitched together from two. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ca/06/28/ca06289a1a3638ed419e1b94a1f9c56d.jpg
That is a nice outfit! My friend was using something like that for a yardstick for his project. Would’ve been a nice truck if he’d kept at it…
The Chevy LCF doesn’t pop up very often and looks far better than its GMC sibling.Most obvious use would be a race car hauler if frame and wheelbase can be streched, however I think it’s gonna be a brutal truck regardless of what bed you put onto it. As it was born with a common Chevy driveline you won’t have the hassle with truck-specific bits that can be hard to locate.Great classic truck that I’d love to see when it gets back onto the road!
I would love to have that truck, but I would want to put a dump box on it and put it to work. 55, 56, 57, Chevy and GMC trucks will always be my favourites.
Bob
As the cosmic turn of the truck wheel would have it, I saw a 57 Chevy 5700 LCF with a BIG pickup bed this past weekend at the San Diego Big Three Swap Meet. Just beautiful. Wish I could post a pic…
The pic w the fence alongside gives me my mental pic of this as a pickup or dump. Wish it was closer.
This will end up a rat rod before you can blink an eye guys!
Silly question. Is it pronounced “co” or are the three letters pronounced individually “C – O – E”?
c-o-e