1959 Chevy Apache 3100 / All Model Details

Featured here is a very good looking 1959 Chevy Apache 3100 Half Ton. This would be the last year for the Task Force Series Chevrolet Apache. While there were very few changes to the light trucks during the Task Force Series run, the Task Force styling was very different from the Advance Design Series before them.

Chevy’s Task Force Series

The 1959 Chevy Apache 3100 Half Ton was a part of the Task Force Series for Chevrolet which ran from late 1955 through the 1959 model year. The Task Force Series was also known as the Blue Chip Series.

The Task Force Chevy light trucks replaced the Advance Design models which came out after the war in 1947.

Of significance to truck styling is that after WW II passenger car styling became a factor when designing light duty trucks. More emphasis was placed on passenger comfort and passenger car styling. Automakers wanted their trucks to look better.

Chevrolet actually had three different names for their Task Force Series trucks. The light trucks such as the half ton featured here were all called Apaches. Medium duty trucks were named Viking and the heavy duty Chevy trucks were named Spartan.

The Chevy Stepside and Fleetside Styling

Stepside cargo beds were the only styles for light trucks for decades before the Fleetsides arrived. This is the styling where the wheel well is found outside the cargo box area along with a step also. Stepside styling has a lessng wheepside styling

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