For Fan Car Friday this week we bring you Nick and his 1953 Chevrolet Advance-Design series pickup.  Fan Car Friday is a segment where we want to share with the world the automobiles that our fans have. We have absolutely no affiliation/relationship with the cars, the build or the owners. This post was made with written consent from the owner.

“My dad and I purchased the truck out of a body shop in Nebraska. It was originally on a jeep wagoneer frame. We purchased a correct 1953 Chevy pick-up frame and modified it with a mustang two front end and a 4 link rear set up with a 1969 Camaro 10 bolt posi-unit. The truck has a zz4 350 back by 700R4. The whole project took about 4 years to complete. The only aspect we did not tackle on the truck was the paint. A former student of my fathers painted the truck. We drive the truck every year to the PPG good guys nationals in Columbus Ohio. The truck is truly one of my finest accomplishments with my father. The classic car hobby has also allowed my father and I to make some great friendships. Our car family as we refer to them as is as tight as a normal family and we appreciate everything that they do for us.”

Advance-Design was a pickup truck series by Chevrolet, their first major redesign after WWII. Its GMC counterpart was the GMC New Design. It was billed as a larger, stronger, and sleeker design in comparison to the earlier AK Series. First available on Saturday June 28, 1947, these trucks were sold with various minor changes over the years until March 25, 1955, when the Task Force Series trucks replaced the aging Advance-Design model.

The same basic design family was used for all of its trucks including the Suburban, panel trucks, canopy express and cab overs. The cab overs used the same basic cab configuration and similar grille but used a shorter and taller hood and different fenders. The unique Cab Over fenders and hood required a custom cowl area which makes the Cab Over Engine cabs and normal truck cabs incompatible with one another while all truck cabs of all weights interchange.

From 1947 until 1955, Chevrolet trucks were number one in sales in the United States, with rebranded versions sold at GMC locations.

While General Motors used this front end sheet metal, and to a slightly lesser extent the cab, on all of its trucks except for the Cab Overs, there are three main sizes of this truck: the half-, three-quarter-, and full ton capacities in short and long wheelbase.

1953 was the last year for the 216 in³ inline-six. Hood side emblems now only read 3100, 3600, 3800, 4400, or 6400 in large print. Door post ID plate now blue with silver letters (previous models used black with silver letters). Last year to use wooden blocks as bed supports. New serial number codes: H ½ ton, J ¾ ton, & L 1 ton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Advance_Design

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