Pat, I believe that the designations date back to just post war, and are
based on Fords designations. Fords first post war pickup truck was
called the F1, it was shortly replaced by an improved model, the F100.
As the demand grew for heaver trucks of the same size grew the F250 ,F350
were born, again I believe the numbers were arbitrary. The F100 was
changed to the F150 in the 70's with little or no change to the truck,
the GVWR was raised to get out of some regulations ( safety or emission).
GM and Dodge names are so close that I have to believe that they just
copied the leader in the field and under sold them. So the names are
arbitrary and based on a new model from the 40's
Chris Hall
> Does anyone know why the designations of "3500" "2500" & "1500" (Or
> 350/250/150 for the Ford people who are a tenth of the others) are
> used or
> where they came from?
>
> When some one says he has a "2500 Dooley" or "Suburban 2500", what
> exactly
> does he have 3500 of?
>
> (I get the relationship between 3500 and payload and axles and all
> that)
>
> It could have been simple. Like boats used to be: One Ton. Half Ton.
> Quarter
> Tonners, Fifty Footers, etc. 88/109/127/90/110/130... The name had
> a
> relationship to the thing, which is what I'm trying to find here
> with
> pickups and their numbers.
>
> Maybe I'll e-mail that source of wisdom and knowledge at GM... Or
> maybe not.
> I think I'll get more satisfaction (and learn more) from cleaning
> the
> dryer's lint trap.
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