Square-body?

[JD Miller]

Who came up with the Term Square-body and when?

Ive owned my 81 since it was a few years old. I thought it was just a 1981 Chevy truck, a Silverado 4x4 k20.

Then a few years ago I was told it was a called square-body

 

[Grit dog]

I never paid attention to them since the time they were just “trucks” to me, until about 4 years ago when the boy wanted an old truck for his first car. By then, they were popularly called squarebodys.
However the age of this forum may be a good clue and it’s about 15 years old I think.
That said, the internet says they were nicknamed squarebodys back when the first models were produced. I don’t believe it stuck as no one called them that in the 80s/90s.

 

[TotalyHucked]

The funny thing is they were called "Rounded Line" by GM when they came out. I remember them being called Squarebodies when I was a kid in the early-mid 90s even

 

[dd1990]

To be fair what 80s car truck is not a "Squarebody"