[FC] History Question

[Bryan Blackwell]

That's what I recall too - I'm pretty sure I've seen a photo somewhere of a GM styling studio truck with the door that would have truly made it a "Loadside", but I don't recall where.

--Bryan

On Mar 3, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Vairtec Corporation wrote:

> They were introduced simultaneously, the Loadside to be a lower-priced 
> alternative to the Rampside.
> 
> Actually -- although I cannot state this authoritatively -- the Loadside 
> as originally conceived was to have a full flat floor and a storage 
> locker below that floor, similar to the VW pickup of the time.  But cost 
> considerations killed that idea and it became an ordinary, albeit 
> rear-engine, pickup.