Question About 1967-70 "Frito-Lay" Step Vans
 

I have a question: did Frito-Lay ever run a fleet of 1967-70 Chevy Step Vans with the 3-53 Detroit Diesel engine?

Thank you,



Ben (ClassicTVMan1981X)

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Deja Vu

Your thread from a couple days ago.

I'm not sure if GM produced their own bodies or just sold chassis to the body builders. Grumman seemed to used mostly Ford chassis/running gear.

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http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3590/3...5456bc84_o.jpg
(pic by Flickr stanh4464)

Here's a Chevy Step Van (but a 1976-79 model and obviously with a gas engine) operated by Frito-Lay, in October 1983. The FL logo on it was in use from 1961-79. The '67-'70 FL vans would've bore this logo, too.

~Ben

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GM is the only top 3 who did produce their own StepVans. "StepVan" is a GM trademark,just like "Stepside". But,Plenty of Grumman bodied GMs out there as well. The little mail rigs you see are Grumman bodies in S10 chassis.
I believe I recall Frito-Lay StepVans with 4-53s. In my area we are fortunate to have a much better chip company in Hanover,PA...Utz,and they traditionally ran GM s\chassis StepVans. Again,memory is coming up short on whether they ran the 4-53s,but I know for sure they ran the 4BT/TH400 combo for years.

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Good info Thanks :metal:

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I did all the work on Frito step vans in this area & a lot of major work on surrounding areas going back to 1965 models. I never had one with the 3-53 Deisel eng. They converted a lot of them to the 4BT Cummins. They tried propane conversions which was a desmal failure. Most of there step vans were Grummans bodys on chev chassis with 292 engines. Some were 350 v-8 & a few were Fords with 300 CID 6 cyl.

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A buddy of mine has a Grumman/GM that was custom built to pull a 5th wheel hauling a drag car. It is a half cab with a flatbed, pretty cool in itself. It is powered by a small 4cyl turbo diesel, not sure what it is but I wanna say Detroit. Next time I see him I will get a pic and more info., he knows the complete history and has paperwork from when ordered. He also has the trailer.

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Most that I have seen are 4bt cummins with th 400 trans.
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You mean the Utz potato chips? Send me your address and I'll ship you some. Bet you can't eat just a small bag! :lol:

OOPs,I kept typing 4-53 when it's the 3-53s.

Always Chevy from the start:

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Like those Utz chips... have a bag of Utz Cheese popcorn on my desk now!

:metal:

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Utz's Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips, and their BBQ Chips are Nomz :metal:

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I feel bad, never even heard of the Utz brand....Maybe I should leave the left coast sometimes....

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Never heard of Utz either, I think Special-k should come out to the Brothers show with a couple cases for us Cali. guys to try.

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I'm liking the way you think, I agree also :metal::lol: How bout it Tim?

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I think there is a build on here where someone put this in one of our trucks.. I would love to do that..

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Sorry for the hijack. I promise I'm done after this. But,Utz does use the Chevys w/diesel.

I was thinking the same thing. I was born here in Maryland. I've lived in some places I liked a whole lot (CA,AZ,FL,CO) but came back because they didn't have Utz Chips...honestly. I wouldn't tell a lie :rolleyes:
I just found this for those in L.A.:
http://losangeles.grubstreet.com/201...s-stanley.html
The second picture shows the Utz girl with the National Bohemian (Natty Boh) Beer dude...the pride of Baltimore?

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Thanks for the pics and,article Tim. Now I'm on the hunt for them.
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By chance, has anyone ever tried to shoehorn a 6V53T/MT643 power team into a Step Van "King"?

~Ben