[V8] More of Roger's Ten Best....

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Maybe you remember the old e100 Ford Econoline Pickups of the mid-to-late
1960s -- though the beds were also too short.

Closest today would likely be the Isuzu N series commercial trucks...

-Ingo

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> Roger Woodbury wrote:
>  > It is strange that we have not developed a new and more intelligent form
> of
>  > light commercially based utility vehicle.  But the truth is that we are
>  > still making the same sort of truck that Henry first made out of his
> Model
>  > T:  long nose with room for two in the cab and a cargo bed out back.
>  The US
>  > auto industry makes trucks the same way today.
>
> VW made the Combi:
> <
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Kombi_Pick_Up_A%C3%A7o.jpg
> >
>
> VW made a Rabbit Pickup:
> <http://www.vwcaddy.com/album.php?albumid=3>
>
> Chevy made a Corvair pickup:
> <http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1962-chevrolet-corvair-truck.htm>
>
> But... they seem to be commercial failures. Car companies need to make
> money.
> The classic look sells.
>
> --
> Kent
>
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