1960 Chevrolet pick up

[72 Charger]

Hi all ive just got a 60 chevy pick up and I wanted to make it into a long bed . Does anyone have info on how long it needs to be ? Plus did chevy ever make a crew cab 60 pick up

Any info would be greatly received

Thanks in advance

Dave

[ranma]

Yes they made a 60 crew cab.

[72 Charger]

Thanks Rick for that . I cant seam to find any info or pics of a crew cab on the net

[ranma]

Check yahoo images( 1960 chevy crew cab pickup)

[Mark]

The crew cabs were converted by an outside supplier; not done on the assembly line. They were authorized by GM and sold by dealers however.

[Fat Brian]

Chevy long beds are 8 feet long, they add one foot in between the cab and rear wheels and six inches after the rear wheels. I made one with one of the fleetside beds, I'll try to get pictures when I get home.

[72 Charger]

Thanks for the mesurments Brian . Im sure I saw someone making one on the site but I cant find it . Maybe I dreamt it

[Longbox55]

https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Chevrolet-Trucks/1960-Chevrolet-Truck.pdf Everything you might need to know about the '60 Chevrolet truck and what was offered from the factory. Dimensions are on page 83.

[Fat Brian]

Here is a picture of the bed side I made compared to the 72 Chevy longbed. I think I needed to make the front about an 1/8 of inch longer but it's close, the rear will get about that much longer when the taillight panel is added.

[72 Charger]

Thanks for that Brian . That does help a lot How many mm did you add to the front and then the rear ?

Edited May 20, 2015 by Doobie

[72 Charger]

Thanks also to Bill for the spec sheets . There is a ton of info there

[Fat Brian]

I'm not sure exactly, I just made it match the 72 bed.

[72 Charger]

Ok Brian thanks anyway . I think I will just cut it up and see what I end up with lol

Edited May 20, 2015 by Doobie

[Art Anderson]

Yes they made a 60 crew cab.

No, GM Truck & Coach (who produced Chevrolet and GMC pickups) did not start making crew cabs until about 1973-74. FWIW, International Harvester was the first pickup manufacturer to catalog a crew cab, in the early-mid 1960's.

Any Chevy crew cab built prior to the '73-'87 series pickups would have been done as an aftermarket unit--the early ones were built mainly by Proctor-Keefe in Detroit--then a major conversion company for all manner of truck cabs.

Art

[BTK]

No, GM Truck & Coach (who produced Chevrolet and GMC pickups) did not start making crew cabs until about 1973-74. FWIW, International Harvester was the first pickup manufacturer to catalog a crew cab, in the early-mid 1960's.

Any Chevy crew cab built prior to the '73-'87 series pickups would have been done as an aftermarket unit--the early ones were built mainly by Proctor-Keefe in Detroit--then a major conversion company for all manner of truck cabs.

Art

Correct, most were made for Rail road companies. So technically, yes they made a crew cab 60' chevy. There are two running around my local car shows, but they're conversions using two Chevy/Fisher built 60' Chevy cabs.

EDIT: Scrounged up some pics from the internet, hope this helps!

Edited May 21, 2015 by BTK

[72 Charger]

Thanks Skylar. Im wondering now did they ever make the crew cab with a long bed ?

[BTK]

According to the C10 forums, there may have been a handful but there aren't really any documented numbers. Most were built on the stock longbed frames and shortened the bed to fit. I scrounged a few pick up pictures. The rusty truck might be real, the blue is a conversion for sure. Sorry, I can't be of more help!

[Longbox55]

. The rusty truck might be real, the blue is a conversion for sure.

Technically, they're all conversions. GM never produced a factory built crew cab until '73. Any crew cab you see was done by an outside upfitter.

[ChrisBcritter]

Hope this will help: I have a reissue promo '66 Chevy pickup with the fullsize bed; here are the measurements (click to enlarge):

The box measurements are including the tail panel since it's molded in. Good luck with it!

ETA: The model's 5 1/16" wheelbase scales up to 126.5625" - very close to the 127" listed in the '60 brochure.

Edited May 21, 2015 by ChrisBcritter

[BTK]

Technically, they're all conversions. GM never produced a factory built crew cab until '73. Any crew cab you see was done by an outside upfitter.

Yep, I simply meant the blue one was built by an individual, not an aftermarket company.

[Tom Geiger]

No, GM Truck & Coach (who produced Chevrolet and GMC pickups) did not start making crew cabs until about 1973-74. FWIW, International Harvester was the first pickup manufacturer to catalog a crew cab, in the early-mid 1960's.

Any Chevy crew cab built prior to the '73-'87 series pickups would have been done as an aftermarket unit--the early ones were built mainly by Proctor-Keefe in Detroit--then a major conversion company for all manner of truck cabs.

Art

Every US 1960s crew cab I remember seeing had a military origin. So there was no doubt a specification and a bid out for those. I remember seeing USAF crew cabs in use on the airbase in Turkey in the mid 1960s. Around 1980 a friend of mine had a 1968 Dodge crew cab as a company vehicle, it too had the military origin plate on the dashboard.

RMR Resins does a bunch of crew cab pickups, including the 1960 you are looking for. In fact they have crew cabs for all three US manufacturers. http://www.rmrmodels.com/Products.html

Edited May 25, 2015 by Tom Geiger

[Art Anderson]

Every US 1960s crew cab I remember seeing had a military origin. So there was no doubt a specification and a bid out for those. I remember seeing USAF crew cabs in use on the airbase in Turkey in the mid 1960s. Around 1980 a friend of mine had a 1968 Dodge crew cab as a company vehicle, it too had the military origin plate on the dashboard.

RMR Resins does a bunch of crew cab pickups, including the 1960 you are looking for. In fact they have crew cabs for all three US manufacturers. http://www.rmrmodels.com/Products.html

I remember the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville RR (AKA The Monon Route) having a few of this vintage Chevrolet crew cab pickups, as Hi-Railers for track inspections and the like back in the day.

Art