1956 Chevrolet Light-Duty Trucks
The 1956 Chevrolet lightsome - obligation trucks underwent only small changes . Most rewrite were cosmetic , but this was the yr Chevrolet made tubeless tyre standard throughout the line .
Subtly relocate serial designation spear began to say more about what went on under the hood and floorboards . Along with the numeral serial publication designations , trucks with manual transmission proclaimed simply Chevrolet . Those with automatics said " Chevrolet Hydra - Matic [ sic ] " . Vehicles with the eight - cylinder engine continued the V-8 badge below the series fizgig plus a vee on the revised tough emblem .
The Cameo came in eight two - tone combinations for 1956 . With an Arabian Ivory base ( base meaning the independent body color ) , you could assign Ocean Green , Empire Blue , Regal Blue , Crystal Blue , Cardinal Red , or Granite Gray . With a Cardinal Red base , the trimming option was Sand Beige . With a Jet Black radix , the trim color was Golden Yellow – very striking .
home colors were also expanded for 1956 . Combinations included red / beige , dark blue / light blue , light immature / gray , and charcoal with all colors . Cameo boss were again chrome while other models get grim thickening . Cameo wheel - cover were the same as those used on the 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air .
Chevrolet ’s big news program for 1956 , though , had to do with the small - block V-8 . The four - barrelful 265 now delivered 205 bhp , but this top interlingual rendition of the V-8 was available only in Chevrolet passenger auto . Even so , to emphasise the humble - stoppage ’s performance and enhance the pickup truck ’s sporty nature , Chevrolet had racing mechanic and engine builder Smokey Yunick position up a Cameo with the four - barrel V-8 for Daytona Speed Weeks .
Smokey not only tweak the Cameo ’s non - production V-8 but also drove it at the beach . With the to a great extent modified engine , he deal to set a fresh Class 5 record for standing - mile acceleration : 89.524 mph . A Cameo also took honors at Daytona that year through the flying mile , but apparently no criminal record exist of the driver , modifications , or amphetamine .
Motor Trend , meanwhile , did a warm test of a McCulloch - supercharged 1956 Cameo and publish a 0 - 60 - mph time of 8.7 seconds and a run through the quarter mile in 17.6 second .
Still , there was more power on pat for every workaday Chevy calorie-free - duty hand truck . A compression boost to 8.0:1 help the six harness 17 additional horses ( 140 total ) and the 265 V-8 was shown at 155 horsepower , though compression was still advertise at 7.5:1 .
Chevrolet trucks were more radically alter for 1957 than they ’d been for 1956 . For the 1957 time of year , Chevy offered a 4×4 selection in a dozen 3100 , 3600 , and 3800 modeling . The air division also introduced the 283 - cubic - inch V-8 , a bore - out version of the 265 , but its use was restricted to the car - based saloon delivery and several medium- and heavy - duty truck serial . ( Light - obligation engine and infection option stayed unchanged , though sale fabric listed the Trademaster V-8 as having an 8.0:1 compression ratio . )
See the next page to read about the 1957 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier .
