Thread: pickup anyone..?

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I couldn't see the link Rich posted, it said the Craigs List had expired, but I assume you're talking about one of these. I took these pics at a small monthly cruise-in last April. At first I thought it was homebuilt and wondered why someone would do this to such a nice coupe. Later in the year I saw it again at the Tampa NSRA Nats where it won an award. During the award presentation it was announced this was a very rare original that Chevy had built back in the day.

Mike

Originally Posted by Mike52

I couldn't see the link Rich posted, it said the Craigs List had expired, but I assume you're talking about one of these. I took these pics at a small monthly cruise-in last April. At first I thought it was homebuilt and wondered why someone would do this to such a nice coupe. Later in the year I saw it again at the Tampa NSRA Nats where it won an award. During the award presentation it was announced this was a very rare original that Chevy had built back in the day.

Mike

Yes, Mike, the slide-in bed portioin was what was in the craigslist ad. It had been made into a trailer. Thanks for posting the pics of how it's supposed to look but I still think it looks a little weird! LOL! I'm sure it came in handy back in the day.....

I've seen some model a's and similar cars outfitted with homemade wood ones too, and the reason I always heard was about the gas rationing during the war. Didn't know there were these well built, obviously by some factory, ones out there too. Very interesting.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I've seen some model a's and similar cars outfitted with homemade wood ones too, and the reason I always heard was about the gas rationing during the war. Didn't know there were these well built, obviously by some factory, ones out there too. Very interesting.

Don

When I was a kid my father had a '28 490 Chev that had been converted to a pickup. Nothing fancy, just something he used for going in to his hunting camp before he bought a Jeep. It was actually the first vehicle I drove at age 11 or 12. There seemed to be a lot of similar conversions back then but none that were factory.

Bob that Hudson is very cool! Never saw one before.