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I forgot to mention the 1955-58 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier, the forerunner of the El Camino.
Like the Suburban, it was sold as a semi stand-alone car, but was heavily related to the Task-Force light-duty trucks line: it was nothing less (or more?) than a 3100 pickup with a different bed, a car-like trim level and... an extra 7.8" / 20 cm length (with the same wheelbase and bed length: so due to the bigger rear wings and bumpers?).
And like the Suburban, which was in fact a "Suburban Carryall" (or "Carry-all Suburban" or "Caryall Suburban", depending on the generation) until 1966, the Cameo Carrier is most often humanly called "Cameo" only. Which may explain why the 3 models of the IMCDb lack the "Carrier" part of their name
(1956 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier // 1955 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier
/!\ Not to be confused with the 1958-59 Fleetside bed option of the Task-Force Apache pickups, all the more so as there is a 1958 Chevrolet Cameo
(1958 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier// 1958 Chevrolet Task-Force Apache with Fleetside bed)
(1958 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier // 1959 Chevrolet Task-Force Apache with Fleetside bed)
The fender emblem announced Chevrolet 3100 for 1955 and 1956 models, Chevrolet 3124 for 1957 ones and Chevrolet Apache 31 for 1958 trucks, all model carrying the 3124 chassis code (or 3154 if 4WD, in 1958 I need more literature reading to confirm the 4WD version) in Chevrolet literature.
So I was wondering if we should report these numbers and code in the IMCDb?
By the way, shouldn't this IMCDb page picture be "demoted" as comment one on the other page, as these two pictures are said to be shots of the same car? The grille is not really representative of a Cameo, it is exactly the same as the one of a "normal" '57 light-duty truck.
Like the Suburban, it was sold as a semi stand-alone car, but was heavily related to the Task-Force light-duty trucks line: it was nothing less (or more?) than a 3100 pickup with a different bed, a car-like trim level and... an extra 7.8" / 20 cm length (with the same wheelbase and bed length: so due to the bigger rear wings and bumpers?).
And like the Suburban, which was in fact a "Suburban Carryall" (or "Carry-all Suburban" or "Caryall Suburban", depending on the generation) until 1966, the Cameo Carrier is most often humanly called "Cameo" only. Which may explain why the 3 models of the IMCDb lack the "Carrier" part of their name
(1956 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier // 1955 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier
/!\ Not to be confused with the 1958-59 Fleetside bed option of the Task-Force Apache pickups, all the more so as there is a 1958 Chevrolet Cameo
(1958 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier// 1958 Chevrolet Task-Force Apache with Fleetside bed)
(1958 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier // 1959 Chevrolet Task-Force Apache with Fleetside bed)
The fender emblem announced Chevrolet 3100 for 1955 and 1956 models, Chevrolet 3124 for 1957 ones and Chevrolet Apache 31 for 1958 trucks, all model carrying the 3124 chassis code (or 3154 if 4WD, in 1958 I need more literature reading to confirm the 4WD version) in Chevrolet literature.
So I was wondering if we should report these numbers and code in the IMCDb?
By the way, shouldn't this IMCDb page picture be "demoted" as comment one on the other page, as these two pictures are said to be shots of the same car? The grille is not really representative of a Cameo, it is exactly the same as the one of a "normal" '57 light-duty truck.
