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Car Of The Day: September 18, 2010; Johnny Lightning '50 Chevrolet Suburban Panel Van
Topic Started: Sep 18 2010, 12:51 AM (408 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Johnny Lightning's 1950 Chevrolet Suburban Panel Van.

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The Chevrolet Suburban is a large sport utility vehicle from Chevrolet. It is the longest-lived continuous automobile nameplate still in production, dating from 1935. The Suburban has been produced under the Chevrolet, Holden, and GMC marques until the GMC version was rebranded as the GMC Yukon XL. For most of its recent history, the Suburban has been a station wagon-bodied version of the Chevrolet pickup truck, including the Chevrolet C/K series of truck-based vehicles. Cadillac offers a version called the Escalade ESV. The Suburban has traditionally been one of General Motors' most profitable vehicles.

Many automotive companies in the United States used the "Suburban" name to indicate a windowed, station wagon type body on a commercial frame including Dodge, Plymouth, Studebaker, Nash, Chevrolet, and GMC. Chevrolet began production of its all-steel "carryall-suburban" in 1935. GMC brought out its version in 1937. These vehicles were also known as the "Suburban Carryall" until GM cut the name to simply "Suburban."

With the end of production of the Dodge Town Wagon in 1966 and the Plymouth Suburban station wagon in 1978, only General Motors continued to manufacture a vehicle branded as a "Suburban", and they were awarded an exclusive trademark on the name in 1988. The Chevrolet Suburban is one of the largest SUVs on the market today. It has outlasted many competitive vehicles such as the International Harvester Travelall, Jeep Wagoneer, and the Ford Excursion. The latest competitor is the extended Ford Expedition EL, which replaced the Excursion.

The Suburban of today is a full-size SUV with three rows of seating, a full pickup truck frame, and V8 engine. It is one of the few station wagons available with all bench rows. The Suburban retains the same height and width dimensions as the Chevrolet Tahoe, with an additional 20 inches added on to the length of the vehicle. The extra length provides a full-sized cargo area behind the up to 9 passengers to carry their luggage for an extended trip, and tow a sizeable trailer. This class of truck remains much more popular than full-sized vans which can carry even more passengers and tow trailers.

In recent years, the Suburban has been popular as a police car, fire chief's vehicle, or EMS fly-car. Suburbans are also popular when converted for duty as a limousine. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas operates a fleet of purple Suburbans to serve VIP patrons and high rollers. The United States Secret Service mainly uses black Suburbans, and operates fully armoured versions for the President of the United States when he attends less formal engagements.

In the late 1990s, GM also introduced a RHD version of the Suburban, badged as a Holden, for the Australian consumer. It proved to be a failure, however, and GM withdrew the Suburban in 2000 from Holden's lineup. It continues to be exported in Australia with the Chevrolet badge.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Suburban

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This cast, offered in many variations is a very good example of the 1950s Advanced Design. I also have the school bus version.

Has anyone ever noticed that the School Bus is labeled as a 1950 Chevrolet Suburban, whereas this one is a 1950 Chevrolet Panel Truck?

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Beginning in 1954, the Hydra-Matic 4-forward-speed automatic transmission is available in the Chevrolet Suburban (GMC offered this transmission in 1953). As with the Art Deco series, models with rear panel doors were designated "3106," while those with tailgates were designated "3116."

This was the last series to feature "Canopy Express" models.

1947–1955

Production 1947–1955
Body style(s) 2-door carryall
Layout FR layout
Engine(s) 216 cu in (3.5 L) L6
235 cu in (3.9 L) I6 after 1954
Transmission(s) 3 speed manual
4 speed manual,
4 speed Hydra-Matic automatic


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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Nice one! This tooling has seen a lot of use lately!
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
NoirGuru
Sep 18 2010, 12:51 AM
Has anyone ever noticed that the School Bus is labeled as a 1950 Chevrolet Suburban, whereas this one is a 1950 Chevrolet Panel Truck?

YES. If you look at the Wikipedia text, it explains this.
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Ezekiel 25:17
The Hydramatic? I would've thought Chevrolet would've installed Power Glide.
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