In 1955, GM released its Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks, the second generation since the end of the war. Our feature vehicle here wears ‘3200’ badges but it is in fact a 3100 model. As with the previous generation, the 3100 model was half-ton and a short bed; the 3600 was three-quarter ton with a long bed. There was also a 3200 model, being a long-bed version with the thicker frame of the 3600 but only the suspension of the half-ton. But what none of these trucks offered was four-wheel drive.
What a lot of people don’t know is that four-wheel drive was a rarity on early US trucks and pickups. Sure, they had vehicles like the Dodge Power Wagons, a hangover from US military production
