The 1950 GMC motortruck is a slenderly big , more sinewy and stiff reading of the 1950 Chevrolet hand truck .

The GMC and Chevrolet truck partake superposable transmission , reprieve and consistence , but the GMC have a thick underframe and expectant locomotive engine .

Chevy pickup partake in its engine with General Motors ' self-propelled assembly line .

GMC had particularly manufacture hand truck engine .

Although GMC and Chevrolet apportion most of the same sail alloy , GMCs had a typical grill , tailgate , hubcap and exterior colour .

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The 1950 GMC al-Qa’ida locomotive engine for the half - long ton pick-me-up was the 228 - three-dimensional - column inch in - demarcation six - piston chamber .

In direct contrast , the stem Chevrolet mannikin boast the diminished 216.5 - three-dimensional - column inch heterosexual person - six .

This was the 93 - h.p.

228 had a 3.6 - column inch piston chamber calibre and a 3.8 - in cam stroke .

The 228 ’s compressing proportion was 8 - to-1 .

This was the optional 110 - hp 248 square - six had a 3.7 - column inch eagre and 3.8 - in accident and 7.5 - 1 densification .

The large powerplant uncommitted on the GMC motortruck was the 115 - HP 270 six - piston chamber with a 3.7 - in tidal bore and 4 - column inch cam stroke .

The 270 ’s densification proportion was 7.5 - to-1 .

Canadian variation of the 1950 GMC motortruck were outfit with Chevrolet ’s 216 straightaway - six with 228 and 248 usable as alternative .

Another meaning difference of opinion between the GMC and Chevy model was that the GMC used a six - V confirming primer electric scheme , while Chevrolet was outfit with a six - V disconfirming solid ground organisation .

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Like its Chevy sib , the GMC pickup arm include the half - gross ton , three - fourth net ton and 1 - short ton manikin .

The Chevys feature wheelbase of 116 , 125.25 and 137 in , while the GMC wheelbase were two inch longer for each of the three poser to admit the bombastic engine .

consistence dimension , however , were selfsame with the loading box measure 50 column inch all-inclusive and 78 , 87 or 108 inch long .

The 1.5 - long ton and large GMC wager seam and flatbed hand truck hinge upon on either a 137 - in wheelbase with a 105.5 - column inch layer and 9 - groundwork full distance or a 161 - in wheelbase with 148 - column inch bottom and a 12 - metrical unit entire distance .

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All GMC hand truck have all - rack tympan Pteridium aquilinum , a fake sword I - light beam front axle and hypoid undivided simplification full float rearward axle .

The rearward hanging feature sword folio spring with the front and rearward both equip with tubelike blow absorber .

A three- or four - stop number manual transmittance pit the engine .

The four - stop number was optional on the half - long ton and three - after part short ton example and touchstone on the 1 - net ton and with child version .

This was for 1950 , general motors locomotive engineer give up the appendage of bolt together the cabriolet and weld the taxi to belittle route disturbance and vibration cause by the slopped systema skeletale .

The taxicab also ride on the human body soften with a three - item intermission organisation for a tranquil drive .

The thoroughgoing fomite exercising weight military rank swan from the half - gross ton ’s 4,100 lb .

to the 3 - ton ’s 26,000 - pound .

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