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My '56 Dodge low bed side thinks so too! Wish it was a big back window (and finished) but you can't have everything.

 

30 s and 40 s trucks do it for me.late twenties to post ww2 had tradition and style and function

 

or a slightly more hamb friendly version...in case yours gets deleted due to those silly wheels/tires

 

I like the truck Timmys dad had in the show Lassie. It had some serious wheels.

 

Thanks, I was so busy looking at the truck, I missed the wheels/tires arrangement entirely. You're right, silly. Sorry, that didn't come off right, silly me.

 

I was always partial to the "Fridges" but when I bought my Uni I fell in love with that body. Not the best pickup by far as a truck but very pretty. IMO

 

Henry Ford perfected the automobile with the Model T and its all been downhill from there...

 

Well it's a 40 chevy, but outside of that I don't know anything about it either

 

my buddy's recently finished 55...

 

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YEAH !!!!

 

A historic 1958-60 racer/daily driver version of a Ford pickup truck with a surprise under the hood.



Hello,

The controversy has always been in the forefront of hot rod talks. Ford vs Chevy. In trucks, they have the same strong camps that expound on the +/- of one over the other. The facts are not disputed, but, “potato/potaato.”

My first introduction to the hot rod/custom truck was a full custom Ford truck with a chopped top, white tuck/roll upholstery, lowered rake and chromed reversed rims. It was the only daily driven custom car/truck we had ever seen in our Long Beach area.

It was unusual as it was a custom truck in a neighborhood of "working trucks..." The custom Ford Truck was a daily driver for the owner and we saw it everyday parked out in front of his business.

Then over time, trucks were equivalent to being relegated to “work” vehicles, tow/push vehicles at the drags and just not the usual Friday-Saturday night cruising hot rod.

Jnaki

But the controversy of Chevy trucks vs. Ford trucks gets thrown aside with some cool “other” trucks…

 

1940 Ford trucks are hard to beat! HRP

 

Another vote for the 40 ford!

 

I like dodge trucks but they always look like they need to pull their pants up. Compared the 40 ford above the bed sides are soooo low. The hood stands up proud, cab windows in line and then the bed is several inches lower. I wonder why they designed it that way.

 

Off the internet….

 

There are few orphans out there that appeal as well

 

Pontiac actually built and pitched this beautiful Catalina.

 

My two trucks 57 big window and my 52 AD with a little off the top. Had a 41 ford also and it was sweet. Love those trucks

 

So, the question posed was what is the best pick-up 'design'. I think there are too many to choose from. Once people began buying pick-ups as second cars, which kinda began in the '30's. All the manufacturers were doing their best to win over buyers and, thus, styling began to matter. These are a few of what I consider the prettiest,toughest, most thought out, HAMB era designs.
(All images found on the web, credit to those who own and those who snapped the shots)

'34 Ford


'35 Ford (can't help it, I'm bias) (owner, @AVater Peter T. posted on Pg.2 of this thread)




'35 Dodge



'37 Studebaker


'38 Chevy


'40 Ford



'45-46 Chevy


'50 Ford F-1


'50-53 Chevy


'57 Ford F-100


and one of my personal favorites, '57 Chevy Cameo Carrier



Honorable mention to the '57 Ranchero


and the -59 and 60 El Camino
( okay, I took this one
(Owner ^^^ Bob Hendrix of Warren, MI) an incredible car, ... er ... Pick-up!