Check out what I saw yesterday at lunch..... Reply #15 – July 19, 2009, 09:34:16 AM Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe GM made a number of Cadillac 'pickups' in the 70's, in the El Camino style. I remember reading about it in a car mag when the Escalade EXT first came out. They did a side by side with the new one and the old 'camino one. I keep all of my magazines, so it's around here somewhere, but it would take far more time than I'm willing to spend to find it. My point is, this may not be a custom job at all. Quote Selected
Check out what I saw yesterday at lunch..... Reply #16 – July 19, 2009, 10:07:39 AM In the history of US production, the official modern factory production car based trucks were the Ford Ranchero and Canadian Meteor equivalents, the Chevy El Camino and GMC Sprint/Caballero twins, the Dodge Rampage and Plymouth Scamp, and the VW Rabbit Pickup. Back in the early days of auto history, all trucks started out as regular production cars with a truck bed on the back. The Australian Ford Falcon Ute and Holden Commodore Ute are just two of several vehicles outside US production that still carry on this tradition today.Car based trucks by any other brand or marque were custom built by coachbuilders or one-offs by the vehicle manufacturer. I recall several Ford Fairmont Futura based trucks that were custom built as well. Quote Selected
Check out what I saw yesterday at lunch..... Reply #17 – July 19, 2009, 11:36:46 AM You forgot the Subaru Brat, and the newer Subaru Outback SUT. And, of course, the Honda Ridgeline :hick:...and there are plenty in Europe as well, including the Hyundai Pony truck, based on the Pony that you Americans never got, but unfortunatly we Canucks did (we didn't get the truck version though, just the car, which was like a Chevette, but without the Chevette's style, quality, reliability or comfort). Quote Selected
Check out what I saw yesterday at lunch..... Reply #18 – July 19, 2009, 01:12:32 PM It wasn't a Rabbit pickup either. It was the Caddy. That's it. I'm going to break into the boxes and find that article. It could take a very long time, but I'm unemployed and the little guy is asleep. Quote Selected
Check out what I saw yesterday at lunch..... Reply #19 – August 21, 2009, 01:41:59 AM Quote from: Thunder Chicken;282796 which was like a Chevette, but without the Chevette's style, quality, reliability or comfort). How can you have less than nothing? The Chevette scored flat zeroes in ALL those categories, LOL. Quote Selected
Check out what I saw yesterday at lunch..... Reply #20 – August 21, 2009, 02:24:40 AM Quote from: Old_Paint;287429How can you have less than nothing? The Chevette scored flat zeroes in ALL those categories, LOL.WORD. lol, there...SOMEONE hadta say it Quote Selected
Check out what I saw yesterday at lunch..... Reply #21 – August 21, 2009, 11:19:39 AM Quote from: FordTruckFreeek;287434WORD. lol, there...SOMEONE hadta say it +1 :DBest use I've ever seen for a Chevette was a guy that cut the "rear clip" off of two of them and welded them together to make a trailer to tow behind his 39 Dodge. Quote Selected
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