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Old 02-18-2018, 11:22 PM   #1
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1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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

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



Probably has a 302 in it?
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Old 02-18-2018, 11:58 PM   #2
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

That thing belongs in a “Mad Max” movie!
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Old 02-19-2018, 12:48 AM   #3
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

yowzzers ...what a beast
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Old 02-19-2018, 01:59 AM   #4
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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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Old 02-19-2018, 08:01 AM   #5
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

That monster truck is so Kool .
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Old 02-19-2018, 08:35 AM   #6
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

I bet that thing is aerodynamically unstable over 20mph...haha
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Old 02-20-2018, 04:33 PM   #7
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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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Old 02-20-2018, 05:11 PM   #8
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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...... wow, how'd ya like to see that bearing down in your rear view?
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That thing belongs in a “Mad Max” movie!
Would have looked real mean playing a role in "Maximum Overdrive" too.
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Old 02-20-2018, 10:11 PM   #9
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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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Old 02-21-2018, 07:46 AM   #10
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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.
I think that is an expanded metal platform .... just to reach the hood latch.
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Old 02-21-2018, 01:44 PM   #11
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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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Old 02-21-2018, 08:42 PM   #12
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I think that is an expanded metal platform .... just to reach the hood latch.
You're right. I missed the platform. That's just too funny!
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Old 02-21-2018, 08:54 PM   #13
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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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Old 02-22-2018, 02:05 PM   #14
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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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Old 02-22-2018, 03:02 PM   #15
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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.
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 ......

Whatever you do though, don't get it stuck !
If you do, you're on your own.
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Old 02-28-2018, 06:07 PM   #16
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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 ......

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

Looks like it already has a sleeper behind the cab...
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Old 03-21-2018, 08:03 PM   #17
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Re: 1956 GMC 370 4X4 For Sale

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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Old 03-21-2018, 08:26 PM   #18
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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:



Check out P. 54 (document P. 52) of this reference:
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Old 03-21-2018, 08:27 PM   #19
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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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I see a bunch of shifters but I don't see the front diff. is it a 4x4 ?
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
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.
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