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Is there such a thing as a Chevy Model T?

The Chevrolet truck is in pretty good shape. It must have been kept out of the weather for the shape that’s it in.
It’s another case where people think that any old vehicle must be a Model T. Whoever listed it has that frame of mind. But if your looking for a good antique 1 ton Chevrolet truck this looks like a good one!

Yes it was called the Model T, or ton truck in 1918.

According to the spec information I have this would be a Model LS, late 1930 1 1/2 ton Chev which came with either single or dual rear wheels. There is no Model T listed for any year Chev trucks or any 1 ton models for 1930, only 1/2 ton and 1 1/2 ton. Looks like a nice truck.

John K, Ray M, and David W are all probably correct! Just to tie it together a bit. Chevrolet did produce trucks called "model T". I don't know what the years were. However all the few I have seen were earlier four cylinder models. The model and serial number plates have been shown on this forum site a few times in the past. A quick google search found this one:

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(Google usually does not work that well for me.) 1918 appears to be the first year the truck model was called "model T". I don't know what years continued the designation. The few I have seen were all early to mid '20s.

Reo also made vintage Trucks designated Diamond T. They had Diamond T on each side of the hood.
Reo trucks are really neat looking old trucks. If I was into old trucks those would be the ones I would really want.
Don’t know what the T was meant to stand for but the name Diamond T is pretty cool!

The phrase ‘fits to a T’ also came into use so the letter T seems to mean somthing pretty positive.

Chevy produced the Series 490 automobile from 1915 to 1922. The 490 chassis was a huge success and became the brand’s main seller. It took big chunks out of the Model T’s market and provided enough revenue to allow Chevy co-founder Billy Durant to buy shares of GM stock. Eventually, Durant merged Chevy with GM. That same year, Durant set out to supplant the Model TT with his own in-house pickup truck.

That would be the 1918 Chevrolet Series 490 Light Delivery, America’s other first factory-built, half-ton pickup. To be fair, the Light Delivery didn’t include a wood bed frame or cab either, but it shipped as a fully assembled, ready-to-drive pickup that included stronger rear springs, designed to haul any weight a customer may place in his truck bed. Chevy also produced an ironically named Chevy Model T (“Ton Truck”) with a payload capacity of 2,000 pounds. These were often used as commercial vehicles and early firetrucks.

So the early Chevrolet Model T trucks were built on the 490 automobile platform. They built Model T trucks until 1929.