57 Chevy would have been a 12 Volt negative ground. 3600 indicates
3/4 ton. You should also have 8 bolt wheels. Yes, the 3600 is a
3/4 ton. The extra lever was a parking brake. This may have had
the parking brake on a separate drum on the tailshaft of the transmission,
don't remember if this started with 3/4 or 1 ton trucks.
All of these trucks had holes for a dealer installed accessory RADIO
(stereo FM hadn't been in use yet back then). The holes came from
the factory filled with removable blanks. Very few trucks had radios
back then, but they were starting to become popular.
Bruce K
57 3200 (1/2 ton long bed)
Mt. Iron, MN
At Monday, 18 November 2002, you wrote:
>I got a '57 long bed, the side emblem oval says 3600. It has a floor
>shifter and looks like another lever for an e-brake. Has a hole
in the dash
>for a radio with seperate holes for the knobs. Did they have "factory"
>stereo's back then? These holes look to have been stamped out by
a machine.
>I'm assuming this is a 6 volt electrical system. Last question,
does the
>3600 designation indicate that the truck is a 3/4 ton?
>
>thanks,
>Bill
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