Hemmings Find of the Day – 1963 Ford Econoline pickup

Admittedly, this 1963 Ford Econoline pickup isn’t in the best of shape. Dings, dents, rust, torn seat covers, flat paint. But we’ve seen worse, and these little snubnoses are fast becoming popular after years of being ignored and thrashed as beaters. From the seller’s description: retired U.S. Airforce SAC Dow Field,Bangor,Maine.This truck is mostly complete,down […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1954 Ford F600

The cab-over-engine body style actually predates all other truck body styles, but wasn’t much regarded as stylish until about the late 1930s through the 1960s, when we started seeing COEs that resembled their long-nose brethren in styling, COEs like this 1954 Ford F600 for sale on Hemmings.com. Apparently straight off of farm service, it’d be […]

SIA Flashback – L’Universelle, Front Wheel Drive in ‘55

Pretty much all we ever see anymore of L’Universelle, the GM concept truck of 1955, is the same color photograph and the same brief one-paragraph description, usually contained within broader articles about GM show cars. We almost never see any in-depth treatment of L’Universelle, establishing the concepts behind it and the parties involved in its […]