The American Pickup Truck
The pickup truck, one time primarily for work has evolved to a family hauler rivaling most luxury automobiles. Today the Ford pickup is the No. 1 vehicle in sales and the Chevy pickup is No. 2
59 Dodge D100 Sweptside From American Excellence. What is more American than a pickup with tail fins?
Pickups seem to have the largest verity available of any 1/43rd models.
Here is an almost complete list. I am sure I missed a few. Oftentimes different companies marketed many of the same models using the same tooling. Good examples are K-line diecast automobiles and MTH Roadsters. Frequently they were manufactured with custom graphics as promotionals
Eligor
33 Ford
Atherns 1/50 scale
30 Ford
48 Ford
53 Ford
Yat Ming
34 Ford
50 GMC
53 Ford
57 Ford Ranchero
Gearbox
41 Chevrolet
42 Ford
50 Chevrolet
Brooklin
37 Studebaker
40 Ford
49 Willys
52 Studebaker
57 Ford Ranchero
59 Chevrolet El Camino
Matchbox
34 International Harvester
38 Studebaker
39 REO
40 Ford
41 Chevrolet
54 Ford
55 Chevrolet Stepside
57 Chevrolet Stepside
Cararama
52 Chevrolet
Road Champs
52 Chevrolet
53 Ford
56 Ford
57 Ford Ranchero
60 Chevrolet
American Excellence
59 Dodge
68 Ford
59 Chevrolet El Camino
72 Ford Ranchero
75 Jeep
Motor Max
41 Plymouth
1955 Chevrolet Stepside
Premium X (IXO)
69 Ford
87 Dodge
Ertl
47 Ford
55 Chevrolet Cameo
Solido
40 Dodge
American Truck Series & Rail Yard Series are from Diecast Direct. These appear to be from Yat Ming but they stopped production last year and never made the 55 Chevy.
42 Ford
48 Ford
50 GMC
53 Ford
55 Chevrolet Stepside
Sparks Models
59 Chevrolet El Camino
A link to last week’s post
https://ogrforum.com/t...le-chronicle-june-13