What Year Is Your Chevy/GMC?

Are you wondering what year your Chev/GMC truck is or if you would just like to know the differences between the years then look no further! Below are the changes that Chev/GMC has made to their trucks throughout the years. If you would like to see a large selection of these trucks then click here and click on the "Image Gallerie" at the bottom of the page.

1901-1930

1931-1940

1941-1950

1951-1955

1956-1960

1951 One piece glass gives way to two piece glass with vent windows in the doors. Sometime in the year they changed the bed to an eight board from nine 9 board pattern.
1951 Chevrolet

1952 The outside door handles are now push button type. The speedometer is changed from 80 mph and now shows max speed of 90 mph. Half way through the year, GM stopped using 3100, 3600, 3800 emblems on side of hood whereas CHEVROLET kept them all year.
1952 GMC

1953 This is the last year for the 216ci engine and the hood emblem looses the CHEVROLET but keeps the series numbers. Ther series numbers also are in a larger font.
1953 Chevrolet

1954 This is the last year for this body stlye. The old horizontal grill gives way to the new bull nose grill. The two piece windshield is now replaced by the modern one piece curved glass. Moving inside the cab, the dash is a modern design. Even the bed was redesigned, which includes curved stake bed pockets, the top of the side panels are now flat and the taillights are now round.
1954 Chevrolet

1955 In early '55 the First Series was introduced. The only difference from the '54 was different hood side emblems.
Half way through the year a new body style was introduced. The front fenders are not as curved as previous years and the headlights are frenched. There is also a step infront of the rear fender that meets the cab. It was also the first year for the optional 265ci V8 engine.
1955 GMC

1901-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950 1951-1955 1956-1960


1951 One piece glass gives way to two piece glass with vent windows in the doors. Sometime in the year they changed the bed to an eight board from nine 9 board pattern.	1951 Chevrolet
1952 The outside door handles are now push button type. The speedometer is changed from 80 mph and now shows max speed of 90 mph. Half way through the year, GM stopped using 3100, 3600, 3800 emblems on side of hood whereas CHEVROLET kept them all year.	1952 GMC
1953 This is the last year for the 216ci engine and the hood emblem looses the CHEVROLET but keeps the series numbers. Ther series numbers also are in a larger font.	1953 Chevrolet
1954 This is the last year for this body stlye. The old horizontal grill gives way to the new bull nose grill. The two piece windshield is now replaced by the modern one piece curved glass. Moving inside the cab, the dash is a modern design. Even the bed was redesigned, which includes curved stake bed pockets, the top of the side panels are now flat and the taillights are now round.	1954 Chevrolet
1955 In early '55 the First Series was introduced. The only difference from the '54 was different hood side emblems. Half way through the year a new body style was introduced. The front fenders are not as curved as previous years and the headlights are frenched. There is also a step infront of the rear fender that meets the cab. It was also the first year for the optional 265ci V8 engine.	1955 GMC