The brochure told us the 1946 Chevytruck was available in 99 different models on nine different wheelbases. For all of you technical types out there, Chevy offered features like hypoid-gear rear axles with one-piece steel banjo-type housings and straddle-mounted pinions on some models. No, I don’t know what any of that means, Lol. You can find out for yourself about these and manyother featu
The beefiness of this 1971 Chevy Fleetsidewould lead me to believe it’s a ¾-tonner, even though its fender badging seems to have gone AWOL. The Fleetside’s bed was double-walled, which Chevy told us “…gives you a truck within a truck.”They were also touting its independent front suspension which, looking at the bottom photos here, was certainly different from
While we’re not sure if the paint color on this 1979 Chevy El Caminois factory or not, we aresure that we like it! Regular readers of this page won’t be surprised that we also like the fact that this Elky still looks pretty stock. The brochure told us the El Camino had “…the style, comfort and luxury of a fine passenger car plus the hard-working ability of a tough Chevy tr
This 1969 VW Beetlelooks to be the same car that was featured in a 2017 article on barnfinds.com. At that time, it was for sale on eBay. It has since had a change of tires/rims as well as a rear bumper improvement (see the photo below, from the article). I’m not sure if this was a kit conversion, or if thewhole thing was custom made, but either way, its vintage U-Haul-ish paint scheme certai
Saw this 1956 Chevy Apache 3100pickup last summer at a Dunkirkswap meet. This was the half-ton, 114” wheelbase model; another half-ton model with a wheelbase almost ten inches longer was called 3200. There were also ¾-ton and one-ton models (3600 & 3800) that came with the longer wheelbase & bed. For the dandies of the day, there was the Cameo Carrier (bottom of page),another
A rather cruelly sub-titled article on hagerty.comcalled the 1989-91 Dodge Dakota Sport“the drop-top no one wanted.”Ouch. “No one”is a bit misleading, as Dodge didmanage to sell 3,759 of these during its three-year model run. What probably seemed like a good idea in the boardroom had a few flaws when those ideas were translated to a three-dimensional object. The first one b
Not every post-war pickup buyer in the U.S. drove off the lot in a Ford, Chevy/GMC, or Dodge. This 1949 International KB-2is just one example from the Ohio manufacturer of trucks who was also well-known for their farm implements. The KB-2 is a 3/4 ton model; there were also KB-1 (1/2-ton), and KB-3 (one ton) models in the light pickup line. The KB series included heavier-duty models up to the nume
This 1953 Chevy 3100was officially a Model 3104, a.k.a. half-ton pickup; the 3100 panel delivery was a Model 3105 (below).The brochure told us that the pickup had “…27 square feet of smooth, usable floor space unobstructed by wheel houses.”Chevy felt that things like: “Ventipanes • Right-hand push-button door lock • dual windshield wipers • and45-amp. genera
If I had a 1978 Ford Rancherolike this one, I’d want an interior like the one in the bottom photo. The auto industry hadn’t yet entered its malaise interior period, where everything turned black, tan, or gray. The exterior choices were also quite colorful. This one’s a rather tame Russett Metallic, but check the photo on the right forthe other colors; and notice in the fine print
Yes, the abovephoto is a lot of highway (and highway signs) and not much Lincoln Mark LT(c2007), but we had to take it anyway just for future reference that yes, people actually did buy and do drive these things. My guess is that this glorified (and not by much except for the MSRP) Ford F-150 came to be because FoMoCo needed something silly to counter GM’s Hummer H2. The LT (Luxury Truck?) w