[FC] 'First small pickups?

[Merv Krull]

The old Ford model T pickups were pretty dog gone small!
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Turner" <karknut61 at msn.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 5:09 PM
Subject: [FC] 'First small pickups?


> Hello gang;  I know that they may not be the same animal, but Crosley 
> produced 'small' pickups in the 40's!!  According to my Standard Catalog 
> of American Light Duty Trucks reference book, Ford made Falcon based 
> Ranchero pickups in 1960 and a Econoline van, also based on the Falcon 
> chassis in 1961.  They also show a Econoline pickup in 1961.  It looks 
> like Dodge didn't enter the picture with a similar sized pickup until 1964 
> with the A-100.  Crosley first used the term pickup delivery in 1941. 
> Then there were also the Hudson Terraplane Utility Coupes (1937) with the 
> pickup bed coming out of the trunk and the Studebaker Coupe-Express also 
> from 1937.  But as far as I am able to tell, snubnosed pickups were 
> introduced by both Chevrolet (our own Rampside/Loadside) and Ford in 1961. 
> Steve
>
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