Variants

Cameo Carrier/Suburban Pickup

Chevrolet Cameo Carrier
Overview
Model years - 1955-1959
Body and chassis
Layout - Front engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
Platform - GM A platform
Powertrain
Transmission - 3 or 4-speed manual / 3-speed Hydramatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase - 114 in (2,896 mm)

The mid-1955 introduction of Chevrolet's Cameo Carrier pickup truck helped pave the way for the Fleetside. The Cameo offered an array of car-like features that included passenger-car styling, fiberglass rear fenders, two-tone paint, a relatively luxurious interior, as well as an optional V8 engine, automatic transmission, and power assist steering. As always, there was a GMC version offered during the same time, called the GMC Suburban Pickup, with many similar features offered on the Chevrolet. In 1957, a special version was made for GMC to be shown at national car shows called the Palomino, which had a Pontiac 347 cu in (5.7 L) V8 installed, borrowed from the 1957 Star Chief.
Other pickup truck producers, including Ford, Dodge, Studebaker and International, began to offer flush-side cargo boxes on some of their 1957 models, such as the Dodge C Series, and the 1960 Studebaker Champ. Though GM replaced the Cameo Carrier and Suburban Pickup with the Fleetside and Wideside before the 1950s were over, in time, pickup trucks with flush bodies and wider beds would become the dominant standard throughout the industry.
Utility vehicles
The Task Force trucks formed the basis of the fourth-generation Chevrolet Suburban/GMC Carryall. Competing against the International Travelall and the Dodge Town Panel/Town Wagon, the Suburban became a Chevrolet nameplate (as GMC adopted the Carryall nameplate).
While marketed solely as a two-door utility wagon, the Suburban was offered in 1⁄2-ton 3100 and a 1-ton 3800 Suburban panel van was offered as an option. 3⁄4-ton 3600 Suburbans and Panel trucks were not available. Unlike the Advance Design-era trucks, there were no Canopy Express models offered.

1959 GMC Suburban Pickup
1955 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier
1955 GMC Suburban
1956 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier rear view
1957 GMC Suburban
1957 GMC Palomino
1958 GMC Suburban
1959 GMC Suburban rear view
1955 Chevrolet Suburban
1955 Chevrolet Panel Truck at a car show in Minnesota
A bad-condition 1957 Chevrolet Suburban with dual color
1957 GMC Carryall at a car show in Minnesota
1957 GMC 100 Panel and Carryall at a car show in Florida
1957 Chevrolet 3800 Panel in Europe
1958 Chevrolet 3100 Apache Suburban

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