The Unicorn Crew Cab

The 1951 Chevrolet Custom Crew Cab that Never Existed

- Jon Hansen

Have you ever seen a unicorn? Webster’s Dictionary defines a unicorn as a mythical animal typically represented as a horse, or something that is highly desirable but difficult to find or obtain. While this 1951 Chevrolet pickup is not a horse-like creature, it definitely fits the highly desirable and difficult to find category—and perhaps in the difficult to create category, too.

When Joseph and Jennifer Thomas of Manito, Illinois, started this 1951 Chevy build, it was headed down a slightly different path. That is until the Thomas’s found out they had twins on the way. Multiple kids mean multiple rows of seats... and that is how the crew cab officially began.