ConsumerGuide Automotive : Trucks of '61

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Classic Car Ads: Pickup Trucks of 1961

It may appear to you that the criteria for our popular classic ad galleries are somewhat random, and you wouldn’t wrong. The model year for this particular collection of vintage magazine ads was indeed selected randomly, but the net effect was pretty cool, nonetheless. Included below are ads for...

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[c502cid]

Unibody Ford Pickup!

 

[PontiacHO]

Yep. GM used torsion bars for front and rear coils for rear. Definitely trying new things across all manufacturers.

 

[bullwinkle]

The Jeep pickup looks like somebody sawed the front off a standard pickup. I don’t ever remember ever seeing a Studebaker pickup, either.

 

[odie]

Grandfather had a Studebaker car with same front grill . Was very young at the time . I think it had a hole in driver side floor board .

 

[RhondaHonda]

The Jeep pickup looks like somebody sawed the front off a standard pickup. I don’t ever remember ever seeing a Studebaker pickup, either.

My FIL has a 1949 Studebaker pickup purchased new by his grandfather. I’ll see if I can dig up a pic.

 

[odie]

My FIL has a 1949 Studebaker pickup purchased new by his grandfather. I’ll see if I can dig up a pic.

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[Chris142]

The Jeep pickup looks like somebody sawed the front off a standard pickup. I don’t ever remember ever seeing a Studebaker pickup, either.

There is a Studebaker pickup near me for sale

 

[Trav]

Studebakers were good solid trucks. I never owned one but worked on a couple when I was a kid, I liked them.

 

[RhondaHonda]

I don’t love the LED tail lamps but otherwise it’s a cool old truck and pretty neat that it’s been in the family for 73 years.

 

[SeaJay]

Volkswagon has a pickup style vehicle with a van style front around that time. My uncle's lumbershop used a few of those.