Chevrolet Apache Pick Up 1959, Estados Unidos

Chevrolet Apache Pick Up 1959, Estados Unidos
Motor: 283 CI
Exterior: Branco e Vermelho (Cameo White and Cardinal Red)
Interior: Vermelho
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HIGHLIGHTS

Nut and bolt frame-off restoration

Fleetside bed

283 CI engine 4-barrel carburetor

Muncie SM420 4-speed transmission

Finished in original two-tone Cardinal Red with Cameo White

New glass, chrome bumpers, grille, trim, and stainless polished

Original style tires 710-15 Firestone Deluxe Champions with stainless beauty rings and center caps

Custom cut and finished wood bed using curly Maple and set off with stainless trim

Finished with painted dash to match

New cushioned and upholstered seat, headliner, and carpet

Refurbished gauges and steering wheel to show quality

Finished undercarriage in Matte Black powdercoat

Custom exhaust

New suspension, shocks and springs

Rust free chassis

In 1955, Chevrolet’s Advance Design Pickups passed the baton over to the Task Force series, a larger, more modernly styled truck line that spanned through 1959. This truck is the final iteration of the generation and has undergone a nut-and-bolt, frame-off restoration emerging in better-than-new condition. Powered by the 283 CI V-8 engine with a 4-barrel carburetor, custom exhaust and a Muncie 4-speed transmission, the Apache pickup is finished in two-tone Cardinal Red and Cameo White with a matching interior. The glass, chrome bumpers, grille, trim and polished stainless are new, and the short bed is a Fleetside design, first introduced in 1958, with a floor of custom cut and finished maple with stainless-steel trim. Inside, passengers will love the original look and feel but enjoy a bench seat with new cushions and upholstery, new headliner and carpeting. The refurbished gauges and steering wheel continue to demonstrate the level of attention that was bestowed upon this truck. Even the undercarriage is finished in matte black powder-coating. Riding on a rust-free chassis with a new suspension, shocks and springs, the original-style 7.10-15 Firestone Deluxe Champion gum-dipped wide whitewall tires wrap steel wheels with stainless-steel beauty rings and center caps. All things told, this 1959 Chevrolet Apache Pickup looks like it popped right off the pages of the original sales brochure. The Task Force series was one of the earliest pickups to segue between work tool and personal passenger car with its wraparound windshield, two-tone paints, heavier use of chrome, V-8 engines, 12-volt electrical systems and restyled interiors offering not only standard-issue vinyl seat covers, but luxurious fabrics as well. This example, thanks to the restoration efforts, chrome trim, cloth upholstery and attention to detail, will offer its next owner years of enjoyment.