![]() Billed as the "Ford Model T Runabout with Pickup Body", it sold for US$281 34,000 were built. In 1925, Ford followed up with a Model T-based, steel-bodied, half-ton with an adjustable tailgate and heavy-duty rear springs. Seeking part of this market share, Dodge introduced a 3/4-ton pickup with cab and body constructed entirely of wood in 1924. In 1913, the Galion Allsteel Body Company, an early developer of the pickup and dump truck, built and installed hauling boxes on slightly modified Ford Model T chassis, and from 1917 on the Model TT. ![]() In 1902, the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company was founded by Max Grabowsky and Morris Grabowsky who built one-ton carrying capacity trucks in Pontiac, Michigan. In the early days of automobile manufacturing, vehicles were sold as a chassis only, and third parties added bodies on top. It was used by Studebaker in 1913 and by the 1930s, "pick-up" (hyphenated) had become the standard term. These vehicles have a high profit margin and a high price tag in 2018, Kelley Blue Book cited an average cost (including optional features) of US$47,174 for a new Ford F-150. Full-sized pickups and SUVs are an important source of revenue for major car manufacturers such as GM, Ford, and Stellantis's Ram Trucks Division, accounting for more than two-thirds of their global pretax earnings, though they make up just 16% of North American vehicle production. In North America, the pickup is mostly used as a passenger car and accounts for about 18% of total vehicles sold in the United States. consumers began purchasing pickups for lifestyle reasons, and by the 1990s, less than 15% of owners reported use in work as the pickup truck's primary purpose. Once a work or farming tool with few creature comforts, in the 1950s U.S. In South Africa, people of all language groups use the term bakkie, a diminutive of bak, Afrikaans for "basket". In Australia and New Zealand, both pickups and coupé utilities are called utes, short for utility vehicle. It looks just right on the outside without being a punishment on the inside.Ford F-150 Supercrew with tonneau, four doors, and sidestepsĪ pickup truck or pickup is a light-duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering). But I’m ready to jump in and take it for a spin. Given the spider webs and the fact that it’s always in exactly the same spot, I don’t think this old Chevy has been driven in months. This one has been updated with three point seat belts and has the relatively rare for a truck stock AM radio. A rather inviting place to sit, I would say it’s where we spend the vast majority of time with our cars, after all. The exterior patina doesn’t extend to the interior, which has clearly been refinished and updated. With no modern signage, my guess is it’s owned by whoever lives in the house. It’s unclear if it’s owned by the homeowners or if it’s possibly some sort of marketing tool for one of the contractors. It may have begun life in the Central Valley, but this Chevy has been sitting for several months in front of a house adjacent to Stanford University with a significant construction project going on in the back. Palo Cedro is a small town near Redding in the far north end of California’s central valley, which is generally quite dry with lots of sunshine, perfect for burning off paint on the horizontal surfaces while inhibiting rust anywhere else. ![]() Given the top-down surface rust, it wouldn’t surprise me if this truck has lived its entire life here in California. ![]() The doors, combined with the year-of-manufacture California license plate, tell me this is, indeed, a 1951, though the ease of swapping doors and such could lead me astray. ![]() GM significantly updated the styling of the trucks in 1954 with single-piece windshields and updated grilles and box sides. In 1952, the door handles were updated to the push-button style. Certain clues indicate that this one is likely a 1951: for example, the doors first obtained vent wings in 1951, but they maintained the older style twist door handles that year. The Advanced Design pickups then ran through mid-1955 with subtle differences between the years. The Advanced Design Chevrolet (and GMC) pickups first debuted in mid-1947, replacing the wonderfully styled but functionally archaic AK Series pickups. Sometimes, though, I come across an old car with what can only be described as perfect patina, and of course, it would be on an old pickup, the only vehicle that could probably be sold new looking this way. On the other hand, the fetishization of patina in the form of dirty “barnfinds” or cleared-over faded paint and rust or, worst of all, faked Scotch-brite patina specials just rub me the wrong way. Not every worthwhile classic should be restored to better than new. I generally welcome the recent embrace of patina in the old car world. ![]()
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