1936 Chevrolet Open Express 1 1/2 ton Pickup, 20 Inch Wheels, 9 Foot Pickup Box

Chevrolet Other Pickups 1936 Description

First off this truck hasNO TITLE !!! I found it in North Dakota. Look at pictures for condition. Engine is stuck and most likely not buildable. This is a factory made pickup. Has 20 inch wheels and a 9 foot pickup box with the wood spacers on inner fenderwells (see picture). Missing a tailgate but could be fabricated up as its straight metal. I have the missing glass for the headlights. Grille itself is pretty decent. Radiator shell is damaged. Pickup rolls for loading. You would have to look pretty hard to find another one of these. Once paid for it can sit here until you can arrange to pick it up. I'll help load the Pickup. Last picture is of a 1936 Open Express restored that I'll include info on at the bottom of listing.

I've included pictures of a 1936 Chevrolet truck that has a decent body and a 1948 Chevrolet pickup engine and trans that turns over and was running when the body was removed two years ago. They are for sale if this truck sells on here. They are not included in the price.

Go on Google search and type in 1936 Chevrolet Open Express to get this whole story:

Just imagine a truck designed strictly for work duties that has survived almost 70 years! In 1936, ur country was still feeling the effects of the “Great Depression”. When you spent your money for a 1 1/2 ton truck, t had to pay it’s way. Therefore, ew big trucks like this 1936 have survived. They were worked from the first day of delivery!

Lee Hobold of Carson City, evada, ound this special Chevrolet truck a few years ago about 60 miles from his home. It had been setting outside almost 20 years. Not only was it basically complete but the truck had an unusual look. It’s factory bed was 9 foot long and there were small wood covered “tubs” attached to the inner bed sides.

The original tailgate was hinged with three unusual metal straps. It was a pickup yet it had 20″ wheels. Certainly this was not an ordinary truck. Lee became so intrigued with this vehicle that he soon had it bought and in his garage. Later research found this truck in a 1936 Chevrolet Sales Brochure. It was referred to as an “Open Express”.

He has been able to trace it’s history to just after World War II. It was used by the L. Pristone and Sons Plastering Co. of Reno, evada. This type truck would have been just right for a plastering contractor. Several thousand pounds of bagged plaster plus necessary tools and equipment could be taken to a job site at one time.

This body style was created by modifying a 1 1/2 ton chassis using two rear 20″ wheels instead of the usual four. Dual rear wheels will not fit below the narrow pickup fenders of the Open Express. Note the long rear axles due to no outer dual wheels.

Because the inner tires are too close to the bedsides, nner tubs were necessary. Maybe it was to save tooling costs that GM used oak wood to fill the gap in the arch of the bedside tubs.