1958 Chevrolet Apache Fleetside
The Fleetside bed was the defining addition for 1958 (a wide, all-steel cargo box with flush rear sides that replaced the traditional stepside layout) and arrived early in the model year to considerably expand the Apache’s usable load width. It came alongside the most substantial restyle the Task Force series had seen since its 1955 introduction.
Up front, the ’58 wore quad headlamps for the first time on a Chevrolet truck, flanking a short, wide grille that ran the full width of the front end.
A barbell-shaped lower molding carried the Chevrolet name in chrome lettering, with the rectangular outboard extensions surrounding the parking lamp lenses (a change that relocated the parking lamps from the fender tips into the grille itself).
Under the hood, the standard engine was the 235 CI Thriftmaster inline-six; a 283 CI small-block V8 was optional. A three-speed manual was standard, with overdrive, a four-speed manual, and Hydra-Matic automatic available as options.
The Apache name itself was new for 1958, distinguishing the light-duty line from the medium-duty Viking and heavy-duty Spartan models.
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