1969 Chevrolet C-30 Stake
1969 Chevrolet C-30 in Escape to Witch Mountain, Movie made for TV, 1995
Class: Cars, Chassis Cab — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2009-07-25 17:17 |
1968 Chevrolet C-Series, maybe a C-30 |
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◊ 2009-07-25 17:36 |
Actually, this is a '69 C-30. |
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◊ 2015-03-08 00:56 |
'69 due to the grille, but the stake body is not the factory made model, so it can't be used as a clue to tell a C-20 from a C-30, here. It has yet the standard platform, which was sold as an option on chassis-cab models. So it can be any of the 5 chassis-cab models that were available on 4 wheelbases, from the smallest ½-ton C-10 (115"/2.92 m) to the longest C-30 (157"/3.99 m wheelbase). As the picture seems to have a ratio problem, I'm not sure it will be that easy to identify the good one .gif ":)") -- Last edit: 2015-03-08 01:27:35 |
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◊ 2015-03-08 03:28 |
For my reference. |
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◊ 2015-03-08 23:46 |
As far as I understood, there were only 2 platform bed lengths (98"/2.49 m and 109"/2.77 m), so I'm not sure the small ½-ton C-10 and its 115"/2.92 m wheelbase was able to get one of them, and even the longest platform would certainly look weird (and shrunk?) on the 157"/3.99 m wheelbase of the longest C-30 .gif ";)") There was maybe a possibility for a "post-factory made" long C-10 platform (127"/3.23 m wheelbase, shared with the C-20 stake). Which would give a third possible model for "platforms" while there was only 2 stakes (C-20 and "short" C-30). For reference too: the Stake reference was used on cover and inside the brochures until 1968, totally disappeared in 1969 and 1970, and came back, but no longer on cover, from 1971 onward. ___ It should be noted that although they were sold as separate models at least since 1937, had their own internal code (xx09) since 1941 and had their own brochures (shared with the chassis-cab models, but with a clearly separated name) until the previous generation C/K-Series, the stakes are just mentioned in the 1972+ brochures in pictures with captions saying "Chassis-cab with stake body". That kind of body did certainly no longer sell that well... |
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◊ 2015-03-09 00:21 |
I'm just bookmarking this page so I can research against the book I have it elsewhere later on. |
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◊ 2015-03-09 04:23 |
The offset of the wheels is a C30 platform and the wheelbase is greater than the standard "long C10 or C20". Look at the photo. C-30 |
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◊ 2015-03-09 20:54 |
Ok for the wheel rim clue, 1-ton (non-pickup) truck often have particular ones. But I wouldn't bet a grosz on an identification made on a length estimated from a picture with such a ratio problem (or is it lens distortion?)  So if C-30 chassis-cab, it has a 133"/3.38 m wheelbase (CS/CE31003 code) or 157"/3.99 m one (CS/CE31403 code). See just the line above why I think we can't say one over the other... Unless we estimate the long 109"/2.77 m platform bed (see comment above) can't fit on the longest wheelbase? But it wouldn't be really an identification, just a guess |
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◊ 2015-04-08 18:09 |
Here is the reference I found in the George H. Dammann book on '75 years of Chevrolet', page 401 containing the caption on 1972 Chevrolet C-30 Stake platform: |
