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1947 GMC New Design Platform

1947 GMC New Design in X, Movie, 1963

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

1947 GMC New Design Platform

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
Jale ◊ 2009-09-01 23:18
DT83 ◊ 2009-09-01 23:47	47-54 model?
Commander 57 ◊ 2009-09-01 23:48	'48 to '53 body style. The Chevy P-U from those years had door vent windows begining in 1951. If that applies to GMC's too, then this is a '48 to '50, since the pictured truck has none.
DT83 ◊ 2009-09-01 23:55	I think this might be a 1/2 ton with the pickup bed removed. Definetly doesn't look like a 1 ton or 2 ton.
Ddey65 ◊ 2009-09-02 02:12	Yes, this looks pretty light. A half-ton rating definitley puts this in the 100 series. -- Last edit: 2009-09-02 02:13:32
tonkatracker ◊ 2009-09-04 08:54	GMC 3100?
firebird86 ◊ 2009-09-06 04:47	Ddey65 wrote Yes, this looks pretty light. A half-ton rating definitley puts this in the 100 series. I agree, 100-22 1/2 ton long bed wheelbase
Ddey65 ◊ 2009-09-06 15:08	tonkatracker wrote GMC 3100? No, that's strictly a Chevrolet designation.
eLMeR ◊ 2015-01-06 04:13	Firebird86 wrote I agree, 100-22 1/2 ton long bed wheelbase GMC 100 (½-ton payload), 150 (¾-ton payload) and 250 (1-ton payload) models share the same cab and at least one wheelbase (125¼"/3.18 m wb for the "long" 100, the 150 and for the "short" 250 models). I always wonder how one can "see a difference" with just that kind of "clue"... This truck is a platform truck (usually "Class: Trucks, Simple truck" in the IMCDb), a "body" that was only possible on the 137"/3.48 m wheelbase of the 1-ton 250 model, for light-duty trucks. The fuel filler pipe is under the bed, so a 1947-48 model of the 1947-55 New Design trucks line. Which means a FC-253 GMC internal code (XXX-22 was for the 1951-53 model years). ⇒ 1947 GMC *New Design 250 Platform* [FC-253]*? (With Class: Trucks, Simple truck)* -- Last edit: 2015-01-06 04:36:12
eLMeR ◊ 2016-06-22 03:46	My mistake. Looking at it twice (and more), the platform bed isn't a factory one, in fact. I saw a lot more Advance-Design and New Design truck since the last comment: I now think it's more likely a chassis-cab model with the smallest wheelbase (116"/2.98 m), which was apprently available, in 1947-48, both on the ½-ton 100 model (FC-101 model code) and on the 1-ton 250 (FC-251 model code) one. Both having the same cab, it's therefore impossible to tell one over the other with this picture.

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