Used Car of the Day: 1953 Chevrolet Pickup

by Tim Healey

Published: July 3rd, 2025

used car of the day 1953 chevrolet pickup

I don't pull hot rods often for this feature, but tomorrow is the Fourth of July and what's more American than a 1953 Chevrolet Pickup?

This one has been fully restored, and underhood is a 235 cubic-inch mill that mates to a column-mounted manual transmission.

Our seller didn't list the mileage but they do indicate that the truck does get driven to car shows and other events.

You can click here for more details. This one is for sale in the Orlando area for $14,800.

Baseball, apple pie, and Chevrolet.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Sobhuza Trooper on Jul 04, 2025

Gee...are pickup trucks bigger now?
The 1953 Chevy pickup truck had a wheelbase of 116 inches, an overall length of 191 inches, and a width of 74 inches.
The 2025 Chevrolet Colorado has a wheelbase of 131 inches, an overall length of 213 inches and a width of 78 inches.

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- Jeff on Jul 04, 2025
  
  The 2025 Chevy Colorado is even bigger than the full size Chevy trucks of 20 years ago.
  
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- ToolGuy™ on Jul 04, 2025
  
  The current Ford Maverick is exactly the right size except it is too small. Source: Jeff.
  
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- Jeff on Jul 04, 2025
  
  ToolGuy for me it is the right size but I am not forcing my choice on others and I was responding to Sobhuza Trooper and not you.
  
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- ToolGuy™ on Jul 04, 2025
  
  Hi Jeff I was talking to everyone. Bold font is back, I'm flattered!
  
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- Jeff on Jul 04, 2025
  
  If you want a Maverick go ahead and buy one I am not stopping you. You want bigger buy bigger. It's your money your choice. I was responding to Sobhuza Trooper I did not solicit your response.
  
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- ToolGuy™ on Jul 05, 2025
  
  Jeff I bought four sheets of 3/4" OSB this week [23/32" technically, probably because of tariffs] and had the '03 Silverado instead of the '95 Sierra with the wood flatbed that I built (because I still haven't installed the new brake booster) and as a consequence I had to drive home with the tailgate down. It was embarrassing.
  
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William Piper on Jul 06, 2025

Is this out of an Old Navy store?

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