"Chevrolet has given the buying public a ton of trucks since it first started offering them in 1918. And now, with the 2013 Colorado midsize pickup due in the United States in mid-2012, Chevy has provided its own list of important trucks from the last 93 years. In our eyes, there are some obvious picks and some surprising ones. As the title states, the Colorado is already on there.
1. 1918 Chevrolet 490 Half-Ton Light Delivery 'Cowl Chassis.'
If pedigree is important to you, this was a repurposed Chevy 490 car with stronger leaf springs out back and stripped of most of its body. They were called 'cowl chassis' units because there weren't any doors or sides, but the engine and front end came covered. This wasn't unusual for the prewar period, when commissioning coachbuilders for bodywork was considered normal. The pictured 1920 Light Delivery
truck here has a 'depot hack' wooden body installed for passenger-carrying duty."
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