Vehicle Description
One of the most influential and versatile vehicles of all time,
this Carry-All Suburban has been nicely restored and is ready for a
new owner and new adventures. This truck is one of a long line of
vehicles that have been in production for over 80 years and have
served businesses, like Deere & Company, has done military service,
and is a go-to vehicle for first responders. How would you use this
truck? Local Drive in fun? Adventure wagon? Equipment hauler for a
band? Check it out. See what you think.
It is easy to see that the complete frame off restoration this
truck received 5 years ago was a first-class job. Proper
preparation and attention to detail produced a paint job that is
near perfect and extremely slick and shiny. The Green with Yellow
stripe is a great color combination, but if the Deere & Company
graphics on the side are not your style, no worries, they are vinyl
and should be easy to remove. Up front, the chrome and stainless
all shines like new. There is a thin line that runs down the center
of the hood through the Chevrolet Bowtie and script. The grill has
five horizontal bars with graceful curves to them which are
underlined by a simple, clean bumper. There is a split screen
windshield and Chevrolet 3100 script appears on the fenders. At the
rear, there are huge clamshell doors to access the cargo area that
are underlined by another sharp looking bumper. Painted steel
wheels with Chevrolet hub caps and white wall tires complete the
fantastic look of this truck.
Open those back doors and you are greeted by beautiful wood
flooring and a nicely trimmed out cargo area. It has a full
headliner and soft panels lining the sides. How might you make use
of it? Show it off? Actually use it as a delivery vehicle for your
business? It certainly would be an attention getter! Maybe go
camping in it? Up front there is a nice Chevy Bowtie plate so you
don't have to step on the paint of the running boards, and inside
is a stock, classic, 1950 interior. A big three spoke steering
wheel with a Chevrolet center has a knob attached to assist in
spinning it around. The dash is painted as nicely as the outside
and the gauges look sharp with thin chrome piping surrounding them.
Chrome extends across the dash to the glove box, and a tall shifter
for the manual transmission extends from the floor. Newer style
bucket seats are dressed in leather, comfortable, and look natural
in there.
Pop the hood and you will find that the attention to detail during
the restoration extended to the engine and drivetrain too. A 235
cubic inch "Thrift master" in-line 6-cyliner motor sits in a nicely
detailed out engine bay. The valve cover has Chevrolet embossed
into it and a small black air cleaner feeds a single barrel carb.
There are a couple wires to the starter and distributor and two to
a big 'ol air horn. It doesn't get much simpler than this. Power is
sent back through a 4-speed manual transmission to a later model
rear end that makes this truck nice to drive on todays highways. Up
front a solid drop axle sits on leaf springs, and that updated axle
in the rear sits on leaf springs also. The rubber meets the road
through 215/70/16 white wall tires mounted on steel wheels dressed
in trim rings and those awesome hub caps.
Come on down and check out this nicely redone Carry-All. Decide
what adventures you will have with it, then carry it on home with
you and start having them.
