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leetside. A pickup truck having flat bedsides; i.e., no protruding (removable) rear fenders, hence the term “quarter-panels.” I have often used Fleetside to describe any manufactured slab-sided truck, however, much to the dismay of FoMoCo (Styleside) and Mopar (Sweptline) fans, Fleetside is a GM nomenclature—coined after the development of their revolutionary “non-commercial” Cameo Carrier in 1955.
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![metallic red '57 Chevy Cameo](https://digital.classictruckperformance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ctp-december-2022-limitless-fig-04.jpg)
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![metallic red '57 Chevy Cameo](https://digital.classictruckperformance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ctp-december-2022-limitless-fig-04.jpg)
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![rear of metallic red '57 Chevy Cameo](https://digital.classictruckperformance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ctp-december-2022-limitless-fig-14.jpg)
“It was the first time Chevrolet had done anything like it, and we knew this would never be a high-volume seller. We didn’t expect to sell a lot of Cameos, and low volume meant fiberglass. That’s how we got into the fiberglass parts. We had Corvette to thank for that.” But this isn’t about the Vette, nor the use of non-metal bedsides either; it’s about Chevrolets blazing the trail for the future of pickup truck development. Their Fleetside led the way for Dodge and Ford, both of which came out with their own smooth-sided models just a couple years after the Cameo’s debut.
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I first laid eyes on Pat’s Cameo at the Grand National Roadster Show this past year when Limitless Fabrication debuted it in the prestigious Building 4—it was actually the amazing, curved black walnut bed floor (by brother Mark Graham) that first caught my attention … but the flawless House of Kolor Kandy Apple Red (by Dave Lopez) that kept me glued to the truck for quite some time thereafter.
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![tire and rim on a truck](https://digital.classictruckperformance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ctp-december-2022-limitless-fig-09.jpg)
![rear of metallic red '57 Chevy Cameo](https://digital.classictruckperformance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ctp-december-2022-limitless-fig-11.jpg)
All in all, the work performed by Pat, Limitless, et al put this Cameo Carrier in a league all its own. We’re beyond proud being able to present it to you with such stunning photography!
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