I guess it's the name on the side of the truck.

it sure was pretty...

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Naturally they were in the blueberry patch.

they actually DO sell blueberries... they have a huge blueberry patch...

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my kids actually bought me some blueberry beer once... it wasn't all that bad, but there is a shelf life. I found that out the hard way.

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Looks like it has decent rubber on it...which you'll need if you find her.

*laughs... otherwise I would never be able to keep up...

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That's really cool! Especially since it looks like somebody put a rusty 58 Chevy body on a late 99 or so 4x4 frame!

that's beyond my ability to spot... anything is possible...

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It's a result of too much useless knowledge clogging a brain XD

Basically, the older trucks didn't come with 6 lug wheels, it wasn't until the 70s that GM started putting 6 lug wheels on, and only on the four wheel drive models. I own a 99 Chevy that those particular wheels came on, that's why I said 99, but as Arsonos points out below, they are compatible from 88 up until 2015 or so

once upon a time (aircraft mechanic for 40 some years) the junk yard guys knew me by name as I was always coming to them for parts... sometimes that's a blessing, and sometimes a curse, especially when I saw cars in better shape than the one I was driving sitting in the yard.

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Been there XD

Kinda am again, my good car has been down for two weeks because of part acquisition issues, and everything else I own is an older project

I think someone is mistaken on their info.

I will add GM did change their pilot bore in their 6 bolt hubs and wheels over the years, so not all 6 bolt wheels will fit on 6 bolt hubs.

I do think you are mistaken, Chevy and GMC had used 6 on 5.5 inch bolt pattern on their two wheel drive 1/2 ton pick-ups sense the 40s while Ford used 5 on 5.5 on theirs. It wasn't till 69 that GM switched to the smaller 5 bolt pattern that was used on their cars on their 2wd 1/2 ton pick-ups because that was the model year USDOT required all cars and light trucks to have duel circuit breaks, yes GM did retained the 6 bolt pattern on their 4wd.

I use to work in a tire shop in the late 70s and saw all kinds of old Chevy and GMC pick-up I also did brakes on them so I have a good idea of what I'm saying... hard to beat hands on experience.

I know they had and still have kits to put the 5 bolt wheel pattern disk brakes on the older drum brake trucks to have modern duel circuit brakes.

So my brain switched things around, I guess. I don't know why I don't remember seeing 6 lugs on the older trucks, I guess it's a trick of the brain

Or you could have seen rigs with the disc brake conversion. Let's face it wheel bolt patterns are not something most people look for on old rigs... even on show cars.

True enough! That sort of conversion isn't the sort of thing most people around here would go for, though, so I think it's more a case of my brain doing a reversi and just altering every other memory to compensate

Could be hard telling.

Could be gmt400 but the rims are gmt800 for sure.

I don't think so, that looks to be a stock 58 GM front axle... if you look close you will see it has drum front brakes. That wheel hub snout looks like stock 58 to me. Never mind the fact I use to wrench on these older rigs in the late 70s.

ha!

*smiles...

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Awesone find. Haha hope you had fun.

we had a ball and scored some very fine strawberries...

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Not my favorite model, but it would do...

*laughs...

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Wholly Wow wow! A 57 Chevy Short bed!❤️
I Absolutely Love that model truck and have always fantasized about fixing one up. They are bar none the Most beautiful truck Chevrolet ever built in my opinion. I absolutely love it!

now that response made my morning... glad you liked it...

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Awww, your welcome.
I Really love that model Chevy.
I knew a guy who had a Beautiful 4x4 model that was just Awesome. They're such beautiful bodylines.
I suspect you like this model as much as I?

I do.

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Then buy us one so we can restore and marvel at it.☺️
Draggy would love to have the beautiful Vixy riding shotgun and posing for the camera in her bikini/pin up pictures! 💕

*laughs so hard… not a real life thing anyone should suffer; but thank you…

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Bahhhhh.......I think it would be cute!
Hell the Chip and Dale's and Firefighters get away with it, why not a Foxy Fox?
Besides the truck would likely be the only thing people noticed.😉😛

Very cool!

I thought so too... oh to live in Zootopia...

by the way - do you think you could lift a ballerina Hippopotamus?

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Nope. Would exceed payload.

I didn't know you were that big of a fan of that movie.

Zootopia is probably my favorite movie ever. I was so surprised when Disney didn't capitalize on it.

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Cool old iron. I use to wrench on these and other rigs about the same vintage... had a sweet 48 Ford 1/2 ton short box in great shape.

48 Ford - now that's cool...

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It was a cool truck too.

All those vintage trucks had character in their styling it was easy to tell the different manufacturers apart by just a glance. Today's rigs not so much at first glance... they are all rather boxy no real flair or styling to the side body panels like the older trucks. The front ends and the badging is the distinguishing thing same with the back end.

And the older trucks were simple functionality.

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Yes and not a fashion statement!

I see that truck and all I wanna do is rescue it. They don't make 'em like that anymore. :(

me too...

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Can you say "patina"?
That's a lovely old truck, and you captured it beautifully. *fav*

*smiles... it's amazing what phones can do these days... when I was a kid, phones were big, heavy, and generally mounted on the wall...

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Let your fingers do the walking...

*laughs…. Had those too! We even had dial-a-prayer!

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An oldie, but a beauty. The artwork on the door still remains immaculate despite the passing of time.

I'm sure she's out there somewhere, gathering blueberries :3

I would have loved to find her...

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Well that’d be an amazing find, had you found her too~

absolutely true... someeeedayyyyyyyyy.....

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Just gotta find some... Large Carrots, i’m Sure she’ll come around

She's likely solving a nearby case with her new partner Nick. I'm sure that she didn't leave the keys in there and left the hand break on to boot. :D

*laughs...

Vix