THE 1948 CHEVROLET IS POWERED BY AN ORIGINAL CHEVROLET 216 CUBIC INCH (STOVE BOLT) 6 CYLINDER ENGINE, WHICH HAS A RATING OF 90 HORSEPOWER AT 3300 RPM. THESE ENGINES DERIVED THE STOVE BOLT NICKNAME WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1929. THESE WERE THE FIRST CHEVROLET 6 CYLINDER ENGINES AND MANY PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE EXTERIOR ENGINE BOLTS COULD BE PURCHASED IN THE STOVE BOLT DEPARTMENT AT ANY SMALL TOWN HARDWARE STORE. COUPLED TO OUR 6 CYLINDER POWER PLANT IS CHEVROLET'S TRIED AND TRUE 3 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH COLUMN SHIFT. THIS WAS THREE ON THE TREE AS OPPOSED TO 4 ON THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK WEIGHS IN AT ONLY 3385 POUNDS AND HAS A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF 4600 POUNDS. NOW, IF WE WERE FORCED TO DO THE MATH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A 1215 POUND PAYLOAD MINUS THE WEIGHT OF THE PASSENGERS. NOT EXACTLY HEAVY DUTY HAULING, IS IT?? BUT WE CAN HAUL PLENTY OF THAT COOL REFRESHING COCA COLA ! ! ACCORDING TO THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOUND ON THE LEFT FRONT PILLAR POST OF OUR TRUCK, IT WAS ASSEMBLED AT THE TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK ASSEMBLY PLANT IN SEPTEMBER, 1948.
