Vehicle Description
EXTREMELY RARE amp; DESIRABLE GMC NAPCO 4X4 SUBURBAN, CARRYALL,
4-SPEED, NEW
INTERIOR
, REBUILT DRIVE DRIVE TRAIN, PS, PB, TILT, NEW PAINT, NEW
SUSPENSION, EXTENSIVE RESTORATION.
Like most restoration projects, this Suburban was a barn find
survivor that was back to life. Father and son project that had
been in the family for many years. The Napco was a dealer optioned
conversion on GMCs. The GMC Suburban is even more rare than the
Chevy counterpart.
A huge amount of time and money was spent on an extensive
restoration. This beautiful Carryall was repainted from the inside
out
over an extremely solid and straight body Structurally beautiful
suburban body. no expense replaceing any rusty metal with new
metal. New glass all the way around All the bumpers were painted
white as they would have been from the factory.
The inside has brand new turquoise and white two tone seat covers
Rare,very hard to find correct Suburban seats with tilt up
passenger seat access. Beautifully painted dash with very nice
instrumentation. Show quality engine compartment
Rebuilt 270 c.i. 6 cylinder engine, casting # 2324003 #8203;
Rebuilt 4-speed transmission with granny gear Over $4000 was spent
on rebuilding the axles and the suspension.
This is a rare 4x4 that you can get in and enjoy the nostalgic good
old days gone by. Even the old AM radio works very well. Power
assisted steering, a tilt column, power brakes and electric wipers,
making this rig a pleasure to drive on new white letter
radials.
Wikipedia Information"NAPCO (Northwestern Auto Parts Company) was a
four-wheel drive automobile parts manufacturing company founded in
1918.It was based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United
States.""During World War II, NAPCO helped the war effort by
producing specialized mechanical parts and assemblies that were
tested in war conditions.As early as 1942 NAPCO began building
four-wheel drive assemblies to be fitted to Ford, GMC, Chevrolet
and Studebaker vehicles however NAPCO is primarily associated with
GMC and Chevrolet pickups. From 1942 to 1956 44 GMC and Chevrolet
trucks could be ordered by the government and civilians with a
NAPCO Power-Pak kit and the kit could be installed later. The
retail price of Napco Power-Pak was $995. This option raised the
price on a new two-wheel drive truck from $1,548.96 to $2,796.96.
The kit was shipped in a crate measuring 80"x30"x26" weighing 1,410
pounds. In a matter of 3 hours with as little as 4 holes drilled in
existing chassis a truck would be converted into a "Mountain Goat",
a "full sized truck that will climb steep inclines with ease". One
feature was the "shift on the fly" rubber mounted transfer case
with a dual-range option.There were companies that installed these
upgrades for the previously mentioned manufacturers. Besides the
four-wheel drive units NAPCO also provided winches, auxiliary
transmissions, tandem drive axels, hydrovac systems, and dump truck
bodies.""From 1956 to 1959 the NAPCO Power-Pak option could be
ordered directly from GM (an official RPT 690 was assigned in 1957)
and factory installed on trucks with very few modifications to the
original chassis. The 1955 44 NAPCO GMC or Chevrolet was a $1250.00
to $1550.00 optional add on. The 1957 Chevrolet and GMC 3100 44
price was a bargain at $2549.00 compared to the earlier add on
kits. In 1960 NAPCO and GM parted ways when GM redesigned the front
suspension on their 1960 pickup line so that it wasn't easily
compatible with the existing Power-Pak kits.Prior to 1955 NAPCO
Power-Pak conversions were done on 3/4 and one ton GMC and
Chevrolet chassis. The Pre-1955 #8203;1 #8260;2 ton chassis used an
incompatible "torque tube" drive. In the fall of 1954 GMC and
Chevrolet changed the 1955 #8203;1 #8260;2 ton pickup and Suburban
models to the compatible Hotchkiss drive. Today these trucks are
still considered to be very versatile and durable 60 years later
and are considered to be collectible by NAPCO enthusiasts."American
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