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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

 

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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

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Pickup trucks are a staple of many layouts I think: first, a pickup "fits" - looks like it belongs in the scene -  in so many places - many more than where a car will look like it belongs.  Second, you can get really good looking pickups inexpensively: they weren't complicated or over-decorated and so you don't have to pay Neo or American Excellence a ton of $$ to get a really good looking one.  

 

I was surprised just how many I had on my layout when I went to photograph them;

 

Of course, I have to have some at the tacky trailer park.  

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This definitely fits the ambiance of the place . . . 

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Some, like this one downtown, are well-cared for . . . 

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And some not . . .

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One is on a flatcar . . . 

DSCN6164And some3 in the country, like this awesome Dodge Powerwagon with Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee

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Some are in the suburbs on the edge of town . . . 

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And many are downtown, hear the hardware store.  

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The green pickup is the only 'Streets one I have.  Its a converted WBB sedan.  Pickups - particularly diecast models of those from the 50s, are very difficult to convert: narrow and the pickup bed does not give enough clearance for the engine.  But I need to try again soon, the Chevy pickup in the background above is a good candidate, maybe.  

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I just did a 1/43 pickup search on the net and found some unlikely pickups (discounting the Russian and Polish ones), one of which I would like to tool around

town in (or rather, two).  1949 and a 1950 Rolls Royce Phantom IV Park Ward pickup.

There is also a model of a 1965 Rolls pickup.  Who knew? In addtion, there were

models of a Mercedes 180 pickup, and of a fourdoor 1938 Volvo pickup.  There was also a 1952 Hudson pickup.  All but the Volvo are pricey.  The Hudson would fit some

posters' themes, and I saw them on the street as a kid.

Didn't one of these Chronicles mention the Delorean?  Apparently there was a model

made of it in 1/43rd.  How about the Bricklin, and there is another sporty car, I think

with a big V-8, engine maybe by Chrysler, available in the 1970's.?  I can't think of the make, but assume it exists in  43rd?  Wikepedia says some company is still

turning out Deloreans (or was recently).

I have seen a 1:43 Delorean somewhere.  Don't want one, but I think they are out there if you do.  

 

As to the Bricklin, it was a real dog of a car.  Big V8 notwithstanding (it was not that big) it was not that fast, and not really pretty.  I had gullwing doors as I recall, but that was about it. i don't know if they ever made a 1:43 model of it, not interested.  

 

If they made a 1:43 model of an Apollo - a very low production US car, I'd like that.  

 

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