{"id":102273,"date":"2024-07-06T10:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T14:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=102273"},"modified":"2024-07-06T10:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T14:04:15","slug":"collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-car-and-pickup-combo-ford-ranchero-chevy-el-camino-and-hudson-big-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2024\/07\/06\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-car-and-pickup-combo-ford-ranchero-chevy-el-camino-and-hudson-big-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Collector Car Corner \/ Cars We Remember; Car and Pickup Combo: Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino, and Hudson Big Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Greg Zyla<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Q: Greg, you once wrote a column on carlike pickups, which mean pickup trucks being built on a car chassis. I enjoyed the recent Ford Mustero column on the Ford Mustang pickup very much, but realize it was not a factory-built truck but a half and half design of a Mustang and Ford Ranchero. However, it is an interesting article that you said was something you never heard of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Looking back, how many companies built pickup trucks on their car chassis? Which is most popular in your opinion? Any favorites? Thanks, Jim Moore, Spokane, Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_102275\" style=\"width: 727px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102275\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner \/ Cars We Remember; Car and Pickup Combo: Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino, and Hudson Big Boy\" width=\"717\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector2-1.jpeg 717w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector2-1-300x105.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-102275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1959 El Camino was a popular carlike pickup that sold better than the 1959 Ranchero. Both were built on a station wagon chassis. As for longevity, El Camino lasted until 1987 while the last Ranchero was built in 1979. (Chevrolet)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A: Jim, thanks for your letter. Currently, there are still only three real car pickups, and one that isn\u2019t. Let\u2019s start here. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">1.1957 Ford Ranchero: The Ford Ranchero was introduced in 1957 as a carlike pickup built on the Ford 2-door station wagon chassis. Although marketed as a truck, it did not offer the payload capacities&nbsp;of&nbsp;a Ford F-series pickup, but sure was popular with the owner that didn\u2019t need to haul much. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So, the first \u201ccar-truck\u201d that I was aware of was the&nbsp;Ford Ranchero, which debuted in 1957 and Ford never looked back. There was a Ranchero every year right on through its final year of 1979.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Not only did Ranchero precede Chevy\u2019s El Camino by two years, Ford\u2019s idea was an immediate hit with those who loved cars and trucks but didn\u2019t have anything \u201cin the middle\u201d to choose from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So, back in 1957 Ford took its full-size Ford Station wagon chassis, known as the Courier, and put a car front end on it along with a pickup truck bed that could carry about 850 pounds of cargo.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_102276\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector3-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102276\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner \/ Cars We Remember; Car and Pickup Combo: Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino, and Hudson Big Boy\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector3-1.jpeg 533w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector3-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector3-1-180x101.jpeg 180w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector3-1-260x146.jpeg 260w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector3-1-373x210.jpeg 373w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector3-1-120x67.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-102276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This 1941 Hudson Big Boy Pickup is built on the Hudson Commodore 128-inch wheelbase chassis. It was a feature vehicle at a recent Mecum Auction and features a six-cylinder Twin H-Power engine with dual carbs, and was in perfect condition. These trucks command top dollar these days and are listed by Hagerty Insurance guides as a $50,000 and up insurable collector truck. (Mecum Auctions)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Further, Ford then created Ranchero pickups throughout its car line to include the compact Falcon and the intermediate Fairlane. At the end of the sixth generation run in 1979, over half a million Rancheros had been sold and today these Rancheros attract lots of attention at car shows across the country. Chevy never released the El Camino in compact or full-size, other than in its first two years of full size 1959 and 1960.&nbsp;My personal favorite? The 1969 Ranchero GT Cobra Jet 428.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;2. 1959-1960 Chevrolet&nbsp;El Camino: Brought to market with those gigantic rear top flowing wings that stretched across the back of the vehicle, I was mesmerized by the design and remember running to my favorite hobby shop and buying the first AMT 1\/24 model kit of that 1959 El Camino. Unlike Ford, which continued annual production through 1979, Chevy did not make an El Camino from 1961 to 1963 as sales of the 1960 models weren\u2019t good and trailed Ranchero sales, 21,000 to 14,000. Surprisingly and with some irony, the 1959 El Camino outsold 1959 Ranchero by about the same number. The El Camino was built on the Biscayne station wagon chassis, similar to Ford\u2019s Squire wagon chassis.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_102277\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102277\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector4.jpeg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner \/ Cars We Remember; Car and Pickup Combo: Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino, and Hudson Big Boy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-102277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advertisement for the 1946 Hudson Big Boy pickup, known as the Gentleman\u2019s Truck and built on a Hudson car chassis. (Hudson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chevrolet then re-introduced the El Camino in 1964 based on the intermediate Chevelle line and in keeping with Ford\u2019s Fairlane based Ranchero. Thanks to the high-performance crowd, a 1966 to 1970 SS396 El Camino is today an extremely popular muscle car \/ truck, and like the Cobra Jet Ranchero, these Chevelle-based El Caminos are a big hit at the car shows and area drag strips. My favorite? I\u2019ll take a 1970 El Camino SS454.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I will give the Chevy one major pat on the back as it outlasted the Ranchero by 10 model years through 1987, and six generations. This means there are more El Caminos on the road today than Rancheros, which then gives a collectability advantage to Ford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">3: 1941-1942 and 1946 Hudson: Although I can\u2019t call one of these novel carlike Hudson\u2019s a favorite (I was born in 1949), I\u2019ve got to give Hudson its just due as being the first of the American manufacturers to build a pickup on a car chassis. These Hudson pickups were available in 116- or 128- inch wheelbase lengths and, most importantly, were built on the Hudson Commodore automobile chassis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hudson\u2019s total vehicle pre-war production was particularly good as 91,769 Hudsons were sold in 1941, followed by another 40,661 car and truck units in 1942. Production for 1942 was down due to the government mandate that stopped all commercial car\/truck production from 1942 to 1945 to concentrate on the war effort. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When the war ended, the 1946 Hudson Big Boy came back to dealer showrooms with its long wheelbase design and overall Hudson sales went right back up to 95,000.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_102278\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector5.jpeg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner \/ Cars We Remember; Car and Pickup Combo: Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino, and Hudson Big Boy\" width=\"300\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector5.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2024\/07\/Car_Collector5-223x300.jpeg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-102278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advertisement for the 1958 Dodge Sweptside as a newspaper delivery pickup shows the big Dodge Tractor in the background. (Dodge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As for pricing, you could buy a 1941 Hudson 116-inch pickup for $723, while the \u201cBig Boy\u201d 128-incher cost $775. In 1942 it cost $907 for the smaller pickup and $960 for the \u201cBig Boy\u201d, which was quite an increase that year. Engine availability included flathead six- and eight-cylinder engines, many with dual carburetors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Additionally, when compared to the Hudson cars of the day, these pickups sure looked identical to the front-end car designs, so again I give Hudson an official pat on the back for being the first \u201ccarlike pickup\u201d ever produced. These 1941 and 1942 Hudson Pickups were known as The Gentleman\u2019s Pickup and unlike other pickups of the day with floor shifters and drab interiors, Hudson\u2019s Commodore influenced pickups included a \u201cthree on the tree\u201d column shifter, independent front suspension, and other Commodore niceties. Values are quite impressive, as I\u2019ve seen these \u201941, \u201942 and \u201946 pickups in number one condition going for upwards of $65,000 at Mecum and Barrett-Jackson auctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ll end with the 1957 Dodge D-100 Sweptline, and why it doesn\u2019t make the cut. The Dodge Sweptline (also called Sweptside in 1958 and 1959) was a pickup from the start, utilizing Dodge\u2019s long-bed truck cab chassis. So there\u2019s no chance it could be included in the first carlike pickup truck discussion. Although most Sweptlines were V8s with a torqueflite automatic transmission, they were pickup trucks underneath. Additionally, the Sweptline\u2019s exterior included many of its car design cues, like chrome trim and two-tone color schemes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Through the years this Dodge Sweptline pickup has become a darling of pickup truck collectors, thanks to its now unique looks. Additionally, in 1957 Dodge used the D-series nomenclature for the first time and two engines were available, a 230-inch, 120-horse flathead six, or a 315-inch, 204-horse V8. The D-200 and D-300 Dodge pickups had truck-like design rear beds and sold much better than the D-100 \u201cSwept\u201d models.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today, Dodge Sweptlines \/ Sweptsides are valuable because they never made it to the \u201cofficial\u201d Dodge truck assembly line. Only 1,200 were ever built and hand assembled when it came to the body. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thanks for your letter, Jim. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(Greg Zyla is a syndicated auto columnist who welcomes reader interactions on collector cars, auto nostalgia and old-time motorsports at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:greg@gregzyla.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greg@gregzyla.com<\/a>&nbsp;or 303 Roosevelt St., Sayre, Pa. 18840.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Zyla Q: Greg, you once wrote a column on carlike pickups, which mean pickup trucks being built on a car chassis. 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