Chevrolet Task Force

Chevrolet Task Force Series
Chevrolet Task Force Series
	1956 Chevrolet Task Force (3100)
Overview
Manufacturer	Chevrolet (General Motors)
Also called	Task-Force ; Apache ; Cameo/Cameo Carrier ; Suburban ; Viking (medium-duty) ; Spartan (heavy-duty); GMC Blue Chip Series
Production	1955–1959
Assembly	(main Chevrolet plant); Flint Truck Assembly, (Flint, Michigan); (branch assembly); Baltimore Assembly, (Baltimore, Maryland); Janesville, Wisconsin, (Janesville Assembly); Lakewood Assembly, Lakewood Heights, Atlanta, Georgia; Leeds Assembly, Leeds, Kansas City, Missouri; Norwood Assembly, Norwood, Ohio; Oakland, California, (Oakland Assembly) (Chevrolet and GMC); Pontiac West Assembly (Pontiac, Michigan) (GMC only); St. Louis Truck Assembly, (St. Louis, Missouri); North Tarrytown Assembly, North Tarrytown, New York; Van Nuys Assembly (Van Nuys, California); Oshawa Truck Assembly (original location) (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada); GM Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Body and chassis
Class	Pickup truck, commercial truck
Body style	2-door truck
Layout	Front engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
Platform	GM A platform
Powertrain
Engine	235 cu in (3.9 L) Thriftmaster I6; 261 cu in (4.3 L) Jobmaster I6; 265 cu in (4.3 L) Taskmaster V8; 283 cu in (4.6 L) Taskmaster V8; 322 cu in (5.3 L) Loadmaster V8; 348 cu in (5.7 L) Loadmaster V8;
Transmission	3-speed manual; 4-speed manual; 4-speed Hydra-Matic automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	114.0 in (2,896 mm) ; 123.0 in (3,124 mm) ; 172.0 in (4,369 mm)
Chronology
Predecessor	Chevrolet Advance Design
Successor	C/K Series

The Chevrolet Task Force (or in some cases, Task-Force) is a light-duty (3100-short bed & 3200-long bed) and medium-duty (3600) truck series by Chevrolet introduced in 1955, its first major redesign since 1947. Known as the Blue Chip in the parallel GMC it had more modern design than the preceding Advance Design without sacrificing ruggedness or durability.

First available on March 25, 1955, these trucks were sold with various minor changes over the years from 1955 (2nd series) until 1957. Model years 1955 & 1956 had the “egg crate grill”. 1955 had the emblems below the lateral line of the front fender, whereas in 1956, the emblem was located above the lateral line and the hood emblem was a bit higher on the hood. In 1957, the grill changed to a more open design and the hood was given “spears” resembling the Bel Air.

In 1958 the series was renamed “Apache”, found on fender emblems, given a second set of headlights, and received other minor changes. The model continued with minor changes through 1959.

In 1960 the truck was redesigned as the C/K Series, but retained the Apache name. In 1962 that line was sold as the C/K Series.