Jimmy Buffet's Conch Cruiser - 1947 (vintage) Chevrolet Advance Design Series

To us car wonks, the best part of the video for Jimmy Buffet's 1974 hit song "Come Monday" is the "Conch Cruiser". Sadly, there's not much footage of it in the video, so I can't tell what year it is specifically except for it being part of Chevrolet's 1947-1954 "Advance Design Series". '54's have a unique front end design that's different from the one he's driving in the video so, if anything, it's safe to say it's not a '54. . 

New for 1947, Jimmy's Chevy truck was the first post War pickup truck design sold in the United States. With integrated headlights, a cab with seating for three and a horizontal grill, at least design wise, it was a radical departure from anything any manufacturer had offered prior. They were built off the same chassis and used the same in line six-cylinder engines the previous Chevrolet pickups did. There were no diesel engines or all wheel drive systems available. You get stuck, get your mules and horses to pull you out. All electrics or even hybrids were the stuff of science fiction. 

Jimmy's truck had many "car-like" features the old design did not have. There was a front opening hood instead of one that was a split and opened on each side, a "swing-out" windshield rather than fixed, wipers on the cowl not affixed to the roof, door hinges no longer visible front the outside of the vehicle, thicker padding and insultation to make it quieter, there was a large glove compartment, an ashtray and even a radio. Imagine that. 

These came in three "series". The "3100" half-ton, "3600" three-quarter ton and the full-ton "3800". The weight capacities referring to the truck's "payload", a vehicle's capacity it can safely carry within its truck bed and passenger cabin.

Bed lengths varied with series and payloads. It appears the Conch Cruiser is a 3600. Note the length of the bed on the MODEL 3604 and the two sets of ribs in front of the rear fender. That's what Jimmy is driving in the video. 

Shame the Conch Cruiser was crushed into a metal triangle at Carlos' junkyard after it was impounded. I'm sure when it was "compacted", many a story and inspiration for song went along with it. And I'm sure Jimmy and his truck have since been reunited.