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| Jett |
 Jun 30 2022, 09:16 PM
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Friend sent this to me, but suspect it is a well known car?
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| brant |
Jul 1 2022, 06:29 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,639 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Unit body vehicles are not great for towing
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| GregAmy |
Jul 1 2022, 06:34 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,311 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(brant @ Jul 1 2022, 08:29 AM)  Unit body vehicles are not great for towing El Caminos (or Rancheros) weren't exactly that hot a ticket either...it really wasn't about towing or hauling... Making one of those isn't that hard a job for a bodyman with some talent. It's basically just removing the rear trunk and fabbing up tailgate and sills. I saw one some years ago that was topped off with a full-length fiberglas hatch (with grills), pivoting off the stock engine lid hinges (or similar). |
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| wonkipop |
Jul 1 2022, 07:03 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,402 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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QUOTE(GregAmy @ Jul 1 2022, 06:34 AM) QUOTE(brant @ Jul 1 2022, 08:29 AM) Unit body vehicles are not great for towing El Caminos (or Rancheros) weren't exactly that hot a ticket either...it really wasn't about towing or hauling... Making one of those isn't that hard a job for a bodyman with some talent. It's basically just removing the rear trunk and fabbing up tailgate and sills. I saw one some years ago that was topped off with a full-length fiberglas hatch (with grills), pivoting off the stock engine lid hinges (or similar). you guys don't recognise your own genius. el caminos are just....... and rancheros. even better. i dunno. ,,,,,,,,,, i am just a north antarctican. if you said "or rancheros" in brackets after el camino standing on the top of the hill at mount panorama in october, you would not walk out alive down here. that used to be a life or death choice in australia. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| GregAmy |
Jul 1 2022, 09:36 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,311 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(wonkipop @ Jul 1 2022, 09:03 AM) ...if you said "or rancheros" in brackets after el camino standing on the top of the hill at mount panorama in october, you would not walk out alive down here. that used to be a life or death choice in australia.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) "Utes" were never really strong in the States; we preferred full-size frame detached-bed pickup trucks (we actually used to use those for "work"). In fact, we never even called them that. You wonky Aussies came up with the concept in the 50s, and Ford tried it first in the USA with the Ranchero, with the El Camino right after it. They were briefly a lifestyle thing in the 60s and 70s ("it's was an El Camino thing, you wouldn't understand"), and Dodge even tried it a few years with the Rampage. But when compared to the pricing and utility of a full-sized pickup truck, it was a hard sell. Further, they were classified as trucks, so there weren't any tax/incentives advantages versus trucks. Couple that to cheaper small import trucks (thanks Chicken tax) that started to invade the market in the late 70s (Mazda B series - R.I.P. the REPU! - and its rebadged cousin the Ford Ranger, Toyota, Nissan) and the "ute" was a hard sell here. It just didn't fit well in the USA market. I don't think they lasted much past the early 80s here in the USA. But today we do look fondly at the options y'all got down under there. I wouldn't mind having one. - GA |
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