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We are constantly asking questions with other members on how to find out how one guy did this, or how he did that and trading parts or finding where to get that particular part. We have made contact with other members in the famous Carlisle meet in Pennsylvania to Yellowstone Montana.

We are hoping to eventually get as many members together in one location as possible, this is tough, but our goal is to eventually break up into different regions across the US.

We ask for a $25.00 yearly membership fee to keep us moving in the right direction. We need to do this to update our website and forum, a better selection T-shirts, decals, hats, membership cards and send out news letters to our members who don't have access to a computer. The membership will include discount from selected part's stores to help restore your truck.

Established in 1999, We are the "original" group that started it all, information about NAPCO was first aquired here thru NAPCO owners. We are made up of people who own, want to own, or just want to know all about NAPCO! We have dedicated a lot of time and effort to search for the nonexistent NAPCO information by calling all across the US to find parts and during that process we have learned how to rebuild the components that put NAPCO trucks back on the road.

What is NAPCO?
NAPCO was the company who converted the 2 wheel drive trucks to 4 wheel drive back in the good old days! There is quite an array of members in our group who have been working on or have finished their restorations, or just fixed 'em up just to drive these classics once again down the road. These trucks are becoming hard to find, but further more, harder to find the parts just to keep them running.

Our members vary from the extreme restoration fanatics to the guy who had to just fix his broken U joint on his originally converted NAPCO 4 wheel drive truck. There are members being added all the time. We as members do believe in one common goal, and that is to keep the NAPCO drivetrain all original and keep these old trucks alive. We have members who own not only the common Chevrolet and GMCs, but also Studebaker and even a Ford or two! We have had a few meets in the past to bring our group together and meet one another to swap stories and talk trucks, check out our "Events"

Hello and Welcome!! We are proud owners & admirers of Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, & Studebaker NAPCO 4x4s from the 40s, 50s, 60s, & 70s! NAPCO NEWS FLASH.......... We will be having a NAPCO BBQ in April or May of 2011 at NOG member Larry Moore's place in Lake Havasu. Bring your NAPCO or bring your motor-home, he has hookups for RVs... go to our forum and tell us what weekend is good for you so we can decide what date is best. (Thanks Larry!) Another date to mark on your calendar is Sunday, May 15, 2011 The ALL Original Car & Truck Show for all makes & models but strictly Pure Stock NO MODS! NO CUSTOMS! NO RAT RODS!! Go to http://www.allamericanoriginals.org for more info about this really cool show here in Southern California!! Don't forget we have lots of NAPCO T-shirts and other goodies ready for purchase at our store and speaking of goodies.... go check out Pat Wilson's Custom Made Signs you will be impressed!! Now just sit back and click on the music player below, grab a cold one and enjoy yourself at the online home of The NAPCO Owners Group!

Napco Crab Tractor - Moves forward, backward or obliquely. 4-wheel drive. 4 speed fwd., 4 rev. Direction changed without shifting gears or changing transmission speed by operating forward or reverse foot pedals, 52 brake h.p. at 2,800 rpm. Weight 5,100 lb. (2,300 kg.) standard tractor drawbar 11,900 lb. (5,400 kg.). Vehicle speed: 1st gear 0 to 4 m.p.h. (6.4 km./h.), 2nd 0 to 8 m.p.h. (12.9 km./h.), 3rd 0 to 15 m.p.h. (24.1 km./h.), 4th 0 to 25 m.p.h. (40.2 km./h.). Turning radius 12 ft. to 2 in. (3.7 in.); unit dimension: wheelbase 73 in. (1.85 in.); length over-all 118 in. (3 in.); height over-all 78 in. (2 in.); width over-all 78 in.; clearance 13 in. (33 cm.).