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By the way, only 1958-1961 should have Apache in their name, right? I forgot to remove it from the older ones.
Yes, only for 1958-1959 TF and 1960-61 C/K models.
According to http://www.flickr.com/photos/autohistorian/8270522690 we should also change the Sedan Delivery then?
Indeed, but I think it could be a retouch, or the publicist of this catalog did certainly abuse of some kind of illicit stuff
Others catalogs don't say that... One again. An a last one.
The Sedan Delivery was made from the cars, not from the trucks, so it's more than a "poetic licence" when they're called part of the Task Force family
And actually all these old Suburban should also be listed under Task Force?
Maybe that's why originally we didn't include that Task Force name, as most of these vehicles are known and referred with their sub-model name.
Maybe that's why originally we didn't include that Task Force name, as most of these vehicles are known and referred with their sub-model name.
From the same catalog as the last linked (1956 one), you can see:
- Chevrolet Task Force Panel 3100 (small) model and 3800 (bigger) model, but:
- Chevrolet Suburban (Carryall), without the "Task Force" name.
When you seek a little in the Internet, you will often find Advance-Design Suburban, Task Force Suburban, x generation C/K Suburban references... As the Subs are made from the light-duty trucks, it's an easy way to recognize them. And they were utilitarian vehicles ("Carryall"), which may explain why they appeared in the trucks catalogs. They were less austere vans, but the luxury SUV they are now did not exist at that time
I really think the TF name wasn't used in IMCDb because most of people thought (and still think) that 1955-59 trucks are only Apache or Viking. And I suspect that Spartan are believed to be the medium- and heavy-duty for 1960-61 trucks line only: cf. the trucks in the Spartan part of the next message.
As already said, it's a common mistake that is still done, and lot of comments in IMCDb pages about these trucks reinforces this idea. There wouldn't have been "1955-57 Apache" trucks, otherwise
(Next episode: Viking and Spartan trucks.)