The Chevrolet AK Series truck was a light duty
truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame construction ...
sold under the
Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ous ...
brand, with production beginning in 1941 until 1947. It used the
GM A platform
The General Motors A platform (commonly called A-body) was an automobile platform, and was GM's original, and oldest, platform used by all early GM products, beginning with the Chevrolet Superior. From this platform, all North American platforms B, ...
, shared with the
Chevrolet Deluxe
The Chevrolet Deluxe is a trim line of Chevrolet automobiles that was marketed from 1941 to 1952, and was the volume sales leader for the market during the 1940s. The line included at first a 4-door sedan, but grew to include a fastback 2-door " ...
. The AK series was also branded and sold at
GMC locations, with the primary visual difference being the Chevrolet had vertical bars in the grille, while the GMC had horizontal bars. The 1941-45 GMC models were sold as ''C-Series'' and became the ''E-Series'' for the 1946 and 1947 model years (''CC-Series'' / ''EC-Series'' for the conventional cab models and ''CF-Series'' / ''EF-Series'' for the
COE ones).
The AK series represented an appearance split from previous Chevrolet products where the passenger cars and pickup trucks shared a common appearance, as demonstrated in the
Chevrolet Master truck. The
Chevrolet Deluxe
The Chevrolet Deluxe is a trim line of Chevrolet automobiles that was marketed from 1941 to 1952, and was the volume sales leader for the market during the 1940s. The line included at first a 4-door sedan, but grew to include a fastback 2-door " ...
was an all-new appearance when it was introduced in 1941, and shared much of its mechanicals with the third generation
Chevrolet Suburban
The Chevrolet Suburban is a series of automobiles built by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. The name started in 1934 for the 1935 U.S. model year, making it the longest continuously used automobile nameplate in production. It has tra ...
. The truck is considered the second real truck produced by General Motors since trucks preceding the Master trucks were completely car-based, and thus
coupe utilities.
It was replaced with the
Advance-Design, that was also sold as a
GMC.
The truck used by the Creeper in the
''Jeepers Creepers'' film franchise is a 1941 model of the Chevrolet AK Series COE truck.
The resourceful crime-fighter, activist, and action-hero Angus
MacGyver
Angus "Mac" MacGyver is the title character and the protagonist in the TV series ''MacGyver''. He is played by Richard Dean Anderson in the 1985 original series. Lucas Till portrays a younger version of MacGyver in the 2016 reboot.
In both p ...
drives a beige-and-brown 1946 Chevy pickup during some of his episodes. Like his teal-blue '57 Chevy Nomad with white roof and trim-accents, this vehicle was left to him by his late grandfather, Harry Jackson.
Gallery
File:1941 GMC Model 9314 pic1.JPG, 1941 GMC CC-series truck
File:Chevrolet Suburban - AK series (front).jpg, AK series Chevrolet Suburban
The Chevrolet Suburban is a series of automobiles built by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. The name started in 1934 for the 1935 U.S. model year, making it the longest continuously used automobile nameplate in production. It has tra ...
File:1942 Chevrolet COE Truck.jpg, 1942 Chevrolet AK series Cab Over Engine truck
File:Lady Liberty Tours bus (506 YUG), 2011 Alton bus rally.jpg, Chevrolet AK series bus
See also
*
List of GM platforms
The American-based international Automotive industry, automotive Conglomerate (company), conglomerate General Motors (GM) underpins its many vehicle Car model, models with various Car platform, platforms. These platforms are established sets of ax ...
*
Dodge T-, V-, W-Series
In 1939 Dodge presented a completely new designed line of pickups and trucks. Formally the T series for 1939, V series for 1940, and the W series from 1941 through 1947, the trucks became mostly known as the Dodge Job-Rated trucks.
With streamlin ...
, a contemporaneous American truck series with
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
/
Streamline Moderne
Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design ...
styling
References
External links
Pickup trucks
Advance Design
AK Series
1940s cars
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States
Vans
Panel trucks
{{Classicprw-auto-stub