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(Antoine, the answers to your questions are in the previous message)
About Task Force // C/K Viking and Spartan trucks:
* Task Force models:
1958 and 1959 models where
- Apache when 3100 to 3800(*) // 31 to 38 // ½-ton to 1-ton light-duty trucks (just as reminder);
- Viking when 4000 to 6000 // 40 to 60 // 1.5- to 2-ton medium-duty trucks;
- Spartan when 8000 to 10000 // 80 to 100 // 2.5- to 3-ton heavy-duty trucks.
(*): actually, it seems 1958-59 Task Force Apache/Viking/Spartan trucks should only have 31 to 100 id numbers.
IMHO, the 19 IMCDb models should be divided in two parts.
- 1955 to 1957 as "Task Force" only (with the 4xxx number when present, even if I'm not sure of the accuracy of these ones), as there was no particular name for the medium- and heavy-duty trucks for these model years. The three of them have a wrong date, but I'll propose a correction in the comments for each
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- 1958 and 1959 models as "Task Force Viking". Wrong date for some of them too, so page comment as well.
Maybe this renaming could be an occasion to think about having the same kind of id numbers for all Task Force Vikings (and Apaches?): some are id 4100, other 40, and so on. As the 1958-59 fender emblems show only 2 digits numbers, is it really pertinent to have the 4 digits ids?
* 1960 and 1961 C/K models:
- C/K-10 to C/K-40 were "Apache" light-duty trucks;
- C-50 and C-60 were "Viking" medium-duty trucks;
- "Spartan" was the name for C-70 and above heavy-duty models.
There is only 4 60-61 Spartans in IMCDb, and 2 of them are Vikings, in fact. So my suggestions are:
- 1961 Chevrolet C-50 Viking;
- 1961 Chevrolet C-60 Viking (cannot be a 1962 model, with that front fascia...);
- 1961 Chevrolet L-80 Spartan;
- 1961 Chevrolet L-80 Spartan.
L-80 Spartan because they are L-Series (contraction of the former LCF/Low-Cab-Forward name of 1955-59) L-80 Spartans, not C-80... To see the difference: 1960 C-80, with low fenders and "thin" hood vs. 1960 L-80, with higher fenders and "thicker" hood.
* Apache/Viking/Spartan "side effects" in IMCDb:
- This "1964 Chevrolet L-Series Viking" is just an "L-Series", the windshield and the fender emblem being clearly the ones of a 1964 model.
- This "1961 Chevrolet 1-Ton" is said to be a C-30/1-ton. So it should be identified as a 1961 Chevrolet C-30 Apache.
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Sources:
- Wikipedia on Task Force and 1st generation C/K Series;
- TrucksPlanet.com;
- The Hollister Road Company;
- A lot of pictures seen via Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, Duckduckgo, Bing, etc.
About Task Force // C/K Viking and Spartan trucks:
* Task Force models:
1958 and 1959 models where
- Apache when 3100 to 3800(*) // 31 to 38 // ½-ton to 1-ton light-duty trucks (just as reminder);
- Viking when 4000 to 6000 // 40 to 60 // 1.5- to 2-ton medium-duty trucks;
- Spartan when 8000 to 10000 // 80 to 100 // 2.5- to 3-ton heavy-duty trucks.
(*): actually, it seems 1958-59 Task Force Apache/Viking/Spartan trucks should only have 31 to 100 id numbers.
IMHO, the 19 IMCDb models should be divided in two parts.
- 1955 to 1957 as "Task Force" only (with the 4xxx number when present, even if I'm not sure of the accuracy of these ones), as there was no particular name for the medium- and heavy-duty trucks for these model years. The three of them have a wrong date, but I'll propose a correction in the comments for each
;- 1958 and 1959 models as "Task Force Viking". Wrong date for some of them too, so page comment as well.
Maybe this renaming could be an occasion to think about having the same kind of id numbers for all Task Force Vikings (and Apaches?): some are id 4100, other 40, and so on. As the 1958-59 fender emblems show only 2 digits numbers, is it really pertinent to have the 4 digits ids?
* 1960 and 1961 C/K models:
- C/K-10 to C/K-40 were "Apache" light-duty trucks;
- C-50 and C-60 were "Viking" medium-duty trucks;
- "Spartan" was the name for C-70 and above heavy-duty models.
There is only 4 60-61 Spartans in IMCDb, and 2 of them are Vikings, in fact. So my suggestions are:
- 1961 Chevrolet C-50 Viking;
- 1961 Chevrolet C-60 Viking (cannot be a 1962 model, with that front fascia...);
- 1961 Chevrolet L-80 Spartan;
- 1961 Chevrolet L-80 Spartan.
L-80 Spartan because they are L-Series (contraction of the former LCF/Low-Cab-Forward name of 1955-59) L-80 Spartans, not C-80... To see the difference: 1960 C-80, with low fenders and "thin" hood vs. 1960 L-80, with higher fenders and "thicker" hood.
* Apache/Viking/Spartan "side effects" in IMCDb:
- This "1964 Chevrolet L-Series Viking" is just an "L-Series", the windshield and the fender emblem being clearly the ones of a 1964 model.
- This "1961 Chevrolet 1-Ton" is said to be a C-30/1-ton. So it should be identified as a 1961 Chevrolet C-30 Apache.
_______________
Sources:
- Wikipedia on Task Force and 1st generation C/K Series;
- TrucksPlanet.com;
- The Hollister Road Company;
- A lot of pictures seen via Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, Duckduckgo, Bing, etc.