ive looked long and hard and see absolutely no distinct differences either mechanical or cosmetic between a 56 chevy pickup and a 55 chevy pick up? any ideas?

there isn't really that much difference.

here is the one I built

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i take it noone else has a clue either?

I'll say 55-59's are the same (the tri-fives), except for the 57's which have a different grill and the area on the fenders that mount to the grill is probably just a little different. Although I have seen 57's that had 55,56 grills installed.

All of the factory assembly manuals cover all of those years, so they have to be damn near identical bro.

Kinda like the '47-'53 Advance Design models. A few details different but virtually the same. Didn't the "Tri-5" go to dual headlights in ~'58?

Willys,

I think the dual headlights are different...I could be wrong--I think the dual headlights are a different model. Apache's maybe?

pretty sure the apache's are the dual headlights.



the fender's wouldn't really be interchangeable if they changed the number of headlights per fender in 59.

then again you may be right...I just missed that (55-57...not 55-59)

here's a bunch of pictures for 55-59:
http://www.chevrolettruckservice.com/tools.html



that settles it.