Re: [Amc-list] IH as first "SUV"

["John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

SNIP

We used to call all of these things "panel trucks" where I came from.

SNIP

 

There are actually a number of vehicles that were manufactured as 

a variation of what we now call a Chevy Suburban or IH Travelall, 

some of which were wood bodied station wagon looking things

and functioned as such. Not to forget the Desoto Suburban which 

was a stretched 4 door sedan with wood grain sides and the

passenger compartment extended into the trunk, but it was not 

a truck. Also variations of the "panel truck" one of which was the 

FARGO manufactured by Chrysler in the very early days and 

extended down through the years. Initially in one guise it was a 

panel truck with a removable rear seat that allowed it to function

as a family sedan when it was not being used as a truck targeted 

at small family run businesses that could not afford to own two 

vehicles and needed one of them to be a truck. This vehicle was 

manufactured in the late 20's and early 30's about the same 

time Walter P started manufacturing and selling Chryslers under

his name. 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(truck)

 

There of course was multiple variations and I remember going 

into a Fargo show room in Istanbul in the early '60s and saw 

a ulitarian vehicle that was more on the order of an early Toyota

Land  Cruiser than a Dodge Pick Up truck so the name did carry 

on for a long time and was decidedly different in various off shore 

markets. 

John

 

 

 

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