1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale
 

Not mine, but I would like it to be...

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/...7/1956-gmc-370

https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?...%2b3DVaKkRWdr7

Probably has a 302 in it?

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That thing belongs in a “Mad Max” movie!

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yowzzers ...what a beast

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Interesting fenderwell treatment. And that front end - wow, how'd ya like to see that bearing down in your rear view?

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That monster truck is so Kool .

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I bet that thing is aerodynamically unstable over 20mph...haha

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The fender well was made like that from the up fitter who put the 4x4 on. I have only seen one other example like this over the years. It is also rare that it has a 6 cylinder in it. All Chevy LCF trucks had V8s and 99% of the GMC had V8s. I wish it was closer.....

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Would have looked real mean playing a role in "Maximum Overdrive" too.
:devil:

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That rig appears to have a tow bar on the front. I think it would take an even tougher truck to drag that one along the highways.

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I think that is an expanded metal platform .... just to reach the hood latch. :lol:

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Now THAT!!!!!!! is just tooooooo cool
there has to be a builder here on this forum that could take that beast to the limit !
i agree on the fact that if that bad boy pulled up behind me ---- get outta the way !

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You're right. I missed the platform. That's just too funny!

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That's not real far from me a couple hrs or so, have met that guy a few yrs ago when i bought some truck parts through him, he doesn't own much of what he sells mostly just brokers stuff, would be shot if i brought it home.

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Close enough to me I talked to the wife about using it for the base of our planned "motor home". Even with my assurances I could make a silk purse out of a pigs ear she could not get past the industrial look, so no go.

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Just remove the crane boom and the extra front bumber, add a couple windows and call it an ATC-MH ... "All Terrain Camping-Motor Home".
4 WD will get you where others can't go.
I can see it now ......:rolleyes:

Whatever you do though, don't get it stuck !
If you do, you're on your own. :lol:

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Looks like it already has a sleeper behind the cab...

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Im new to the forum and now im really confused. I thought my 55 was a 370 series based in serial number but it looks nothing like that. Its a 2.5 ton with a 270.

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Both trucks are 370 series which is an 18,000 lb GVW truck. Yours is a standard cab, a 370 (manual trans) or M370 (Hydramatic). The one in the original post is a COE or Cab Over Engine. The COE truck is an F370.

Look carefully at the front axle placement. The COE axle is almost under the windshield:
http://www.yesterdaystruck.com/trphotos/a4006.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXg...50%2520COE.jpg

Check out P. 54 (document P. 52) of this reference:
http://www.1955gmc.com/1955-59gmclit...5NewModels.pdf

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I see a bunch of shifters but I don't see the front diff. is it a 4x4 ?

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Ok, well that makes sense. I appreciate the information. Im going to covert it to 4x4 but im trying to decide if I'm going to use to factory frame (slightly shortened) or swap the cab onto a newer 4x4 chassis. I know next to nothing about the chassis under these things.
Cost and ease of swap are issues.
My serial starts with 371 R Y and the production number. Still trying to figure all this out.

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The ad says yes. You probably know that most of the larger 4X trucks have no locking hubs in the front.
https://truckpartsinventory.com/parts/details/80686124

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that is a beast for sure :D
probably 6.18 gearing and a top speed of 40mph fully wound out

all it needs is a roof and you have instant survival vehicle

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here's a side pic from the original post...

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Yep... It looks like maybe Howe Coleman axles underneath. They partnered up with GM quite often. A neighbor had an old town truck, Coleman 4X4 with 409 engine that he'd bought for $50. He said the only thing on his place the truck wouldn't pull was his Cat D7.

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geeze, thats a whole lotta woman. :lol: