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All car company's made them and they pretty much all called them business coups .They were for door to door salesmen . Electrolux and encyclopedia comes to mind

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This is what I am talking about.
This particular one is a 37 Hudson Terraplane Utility Coupe. Truck bed in trunk.
If I'm not mistaken Chevy and Plymouth offered them too. It was a neat idea.

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Here we go. Chevy offered them in at least 36,40,41,42 and called a Coupe Pickup.

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There was a few Manufactures making them in the 1930's to get around gas taxes. Trucks were allowed more fuel . Chevy did it from '36-'42. Here's some 36-39.

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Fender skirts on a pickup! :haha: I had a '40 Chevy business coupe back in the late '70s- '80. 350 with a THM400 and a 3.90 posi from a '68 GTO (obviously modified the axle housing for leaf springs) and a straight axle in the front. Best it could do in the 1/4 mile was low 14s. It tended to get airborne at about 100 MPH. I sold it in '80 to pay for my wife's engagement ring. It didn't have a pickup bed, though.

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WE built this one for my son in law a few years ago, then their family started growing so the wife and I drove it for a couple of years. We drove it to the Canadian border, Washington DC, Cruisin the Coast, OKC, Pigeon Forge and some of those places multiple times. We have put over 40,000 miles on it since the build. It hasn't been driven much lately, but he took it to the Ole Marias River Run in Ottawa, KS this past year.

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I was wondering when that thing would show up.

Before the Sprint GM considered the Pontiac Safari

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Customs

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How about a Geo Metro. While not a factory option, I've seen one in person. The car had been rear-ended, so the owner enlisted a sheet-metal worker to do some magic.

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Growing up, a girl I went to school with, her dad had a Subaru Brat. The 10 year old version of me thought it was cool.

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Yeah those were neat. Put a couple friends in the back seat and jar the crap out of them till they knock your back window out screaming for you to stop! :lol:

I guess the reason you don't hear the same debate over Sedan Deliveries is they have been gone so long? Or maybe because, although built off a car chassis, they were pretty much only seen "working"/"hauling", things we associate with being a truck. The funny mistake people make with these is the opposite, somewhat. We see people calling Panel Trucks Sedan Deliveries. No no no, very wrong. Truck based is a Panel 'Truck' and car based is a 'Sedan' Delivery. Actually, back then Panel Trucks were called "Deliveries" and "Sedan Delivery" was the car.

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If Buick made campers. BTW- This is actually on sale on CL right now.

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This one is unusual. Total custom but it works. The 1953 styling was way ahead of it's time.

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Nice -- I have always liked the lines on a '53 Studebaker. When I was a kid my dad had a '54 but the styling wasn't as graceful or clean as a '53. All I remember about that car was it had a V8 and questionable build quality....

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That Studebaker is a looker! Does that back window look like a Vette windshield to you guys?

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Here is an excellent example of a Buick being grafted onto an El Camino. Pics at post #10.

http://www.v8buick.com/index.php?thr...no-wow.251612/

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I think it's the Studebaker rear window turned around.
That came out really nicely! The Pontiac I showed was a prototype, but you see some cool BOP creations.

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Those car camper conversions were popular

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Then there were Doodlebugs

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This 'n' that

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Here's some VW fun.

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That white Pontiac is fantastic! The fifth wheel VW is awesome. Keep the pics coming.

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I've seen the VW 5th wheel , Pretty cool. [found the picture]

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Posting all these car-based utility/commercial vehicles brings to mind something I'd like to make clear:

NO STATION WAGON PICTURES, PLEASE!!

Nothing against them, and there actually were utility models offered... The Handyman? BUT... wagons have enough content of their own to have their own thread, and I want to start one. Wagons can also get quite luxurious as well as being utilitarian.

That Pontiac is the BEST!! Love it. Perfect job on that.

That bug with camper is cool. The bug can spin a 360. It can turn to face the camper and push backwards.

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Don't forget the Rampage. Who wouldn't want a K car truck?