just picked up a 76 Chev 5/4

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by MarkP

Guys

I have just picked up a 76 Chev 5/4, saved from a salvage yard, currently a GP vehicle. Rear to be taken off as the floor is pretty much gone and I intend to replace with a CP box, which arrives in May.

Regards from Smiths Falls, Ontario

Mark
1968 M38A1 CDN2
1953 M100 (MCI) 1/4 ton trailer
1976 Chev 5/4 ton CP

Hello Mark,

Greetings from Australia

Congratulations on rescuing the vehicle from the scrap yard - scrappies.

Could you please post up a couple of photographs of your vehicle? It would be good to know what a 76 Chev 5/4 is and looks like

Oh by the way what does 5/4 represent 1 & 1/4 ton? Or does it mean something else?

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Mark Paine]

Hello Mark,

Congratulations on rescuing the vehicle from the scrap yard - scrappies.

Could you please post up a couple of photographs of your vehicle? It would be good to know what a 76 Chev 5/4 is and looks like

Oh by the way what does 5/4 represent 1 & 1/4 ton? Or does it mean something else?

Kind Regards
Lionel[/QUOTE]


Lionel - as you surmised the 5/4 is indeed a 1&1/4 ton. We Canucks did the new math and affectionately called them 5 Quads - in their many variants. As soon as I transfer some pics off my iphone I'll upload.