Some people think of this series as the "Wurlitzer" Chevrolet trucks, and the front grill does call to mind jukeboxes of the era. There's some art deco going on there.
In a previous post I mentioned Peter Bogdanovich's startling 1971 film, The Last Picture Show (based on a Larry McMurty novel, with the screenplay co-written by Bogdanovich and McMurty). A great early role for Jeff Bridges, and for Cybil Shepherd too. Randy Quaid's first appearance on film. (His next was in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz). And a great late-career role for that old John Ford cowboy, Ben Johnson. It's set in a small Texas town, and the opening shot, as I remember, is Sonny's (Timothy Bottoms) boot pumping the accelerator while trying to start an old pickup truck on a cold Texas morning. I can relate to this.
I had to check, but the pickup in the movie, co-owned by the Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges characters--is not a '41-'46 Chevrolet, as above, but the immediately preceding series, possibly a '39.
Yep - I'm with you on the truck. This is one of the last great art-deco designs. The truck in the Last Picture Show was missing the side hood panels, but everything else (except the whitewalls) is spot-on with this truck you found. Thanks for posting
ReplyDeleteI learned to drive on a truck like this one. I was 10 years old and we had this truck on a ranch in Ca. Ours was in about the same shape and only about 15 years old.
ReplyDeleteI'd say it's probably a '38, as the headlights are separate from the fenders, which was the case with the 2 door sedan.
ReplyDelete-My dad owned a 1941 Chevy pickup. He passed in 1984 and he still had it. He used it to go to work. He was a railroad engineer so it only traveled about 1 mile from home to the depot, then it would sit until he got back in town a day or more later. It was about the color of the green that you can sort of see in this one but maybe a little lighter. He loved that truck!
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