Vehicle Description
1954 Chevrolet 3100 Half-ton Stepside Pickup Freshly restored
truck! Final full model year of the Advance Design Pickups Surf
Green exterior (code 541) and all-new tan interior 235 CID inline
six-cylinder (date code correct) Aluminum radiator Three-speed
manual transmission and 3.90 gearing Single curved windshield
116-inch wheelbase and 4,000-pound GVWR Under-dash heater All new
wiring New oak bed with stainless-steel slats All new bumpers,
glass and rubber Sometimes, simplicity is best. During the
mid-1950s, trucks did not get any simpler than this Chevrolet 3100
Half-ton Stepside Pickup Truck. This particular example has been
beautifully restored and it was originally manufactured at General
Motors' St. Louis, Missouri assembly plant. Dressed in Surf Green
paint (code 541), this truck's paint and trim are in excellent
order. The truck sports new glass and new rubber seals, its
bodywork is straight and solid, has all new wiring, its all new
chrome bumpers look fantastic, its engine bay is extremely tidy and
the new oak cargo bed with stainless slats looks excellent. This
3100 rolls on BFGoodrich Silvertown wide whitewall radials, size
6.70-15 at all four wheels, has a 116-inch wheelbase and a
4,000-pound gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). Each tire is
mounted to a body-colored wheel with chrome beauty rings and bowtie
center caps. The tires and wheels are all in very good order. Under
the hood is Chevy's trusty 235 CID inline six-cylinder engine that
is date code correct with an aluminum radiator, buttoned to a
three-speed manual transmission and a 3.90:1 rear end. Driver
convenience features include an under-dash heater, dual outside
mirrors and dual rear taillights. Inside, the truck has an all-new
tan interior. The bench seat looks fantastic, as do the black floor
mats. A corresponding brown headliner is in very good order. The
Surf Green metal instrument panel, with a full array of gauges is
in excellent shape, as are in the inner door liners and horn is
inop. Completing the interior is a caramel-colored ball atop the
shift lever. Nineteen fifty-four was the only year for significant
design changes. The windshield is now curved one-piece glass
without center vertical dividing strip. Revised steering wheel.
Revised dashboard. Cargo bed rails, previously angled, were now
horizontal. Round tail lights instead of rectangular. Grille
changed from five horizontal slats to crossbar design commonly
referred to as a "bull nose" grille, similar to the modern Dodge
truck grille. Advance-Design was a pickup truck series by
Chevrolet, its first major redesign after WWII. 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. Truck collectors, Chevrolet collectors or
simply someone who seeks an uncomplicated vehicle to occasionally
drive and show, this '54 Chevy 3100 fits all of these bills. Stop
by MotoeXotica Classic Cars today to check it out for yourself.
Competition to this Chevrolet in 1954 included Dodge's C-series,
Ford's F-100, GMC's New Design trucks and International's R-100
pickup. VIN: H54S018742 This truck is currently located at our
facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer
shows 716 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear,
mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!! Please copy and paste
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