American 1/2-ton Pickup Trucks of the 1960s
Title: AMERICAN 1/2-TON PICKUP TRUCKS OF THE 1960S
Examining the development of the popular ½-ton American pickup truck during the 60s, this book includes the numerous, new alternative designs and engineering approaches.
Publisher Veloce Publishing Ltd 15/3/16
Author Name: Norm Mort
Binding: Soft Cover
Pages 120 PAGES
Number of photos: well illustrated With 120 illustrations
Book Condition: new
Dimensions 190 x 205 x 7.62mm
ISBN ISBN10 1845848039
ISBN13 9781845848033
Book No AMEHATOSI
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Examining the development of the popular ½-ton American pickup truck during the
60s, this book includes the numerous, new alternative designs and
engineering approaches. This volume also reveals specifications,
industry facts and figures, and optional equipment, through detailed
text and previously unpublished images.
Description
Although
the ½-ton American pickup truck was still purchased as a basic utility
vehicle during the ’60s, more and more, consumers were looking for
stylish, comfortable, good handling, and good performing trucks.
The
important role played in American life by the lightweight,
high-production pickup truck is often overshadowed by their innate
ruggedness, reliability and utilitarian nature. Yet, as the
quickly-changing decade evolved, so did the pickup truck, and the
manufacturers’ interpretation of them. Continuing its trend from the
1950s, a trend towards greater style, comfort and optional equipment,
the pickup truck would less and less assume the lines and styling of
its flashy, sibling car versions, and instead evolve an identity all of
its own.
Features
• Includes engine and chassis specifications
• Covers all high-volume, light-duty American half-ton pickup trucks of the decade
• A detailed, close-up look at four of the most poupular models of the’60s
• Contemporary truck industry production facts and figures
• Focusses on pickup truck options available during the decade
• Never-before-published images of fully restored trucks
• Images from period advertisments and brochures
•
Photos of rare models, including: Fargo, Chevrolet Corvair &
ElCamino, Ford Econoline & Ranchero, Dodge & Fargo A100, and
Mercury
• Detailed and descriptive coverage of annual model changes
• Highlights distinctive truck styling cues from the era
Additional informationAbout Norm Mort
Norm Mort began taking pictures of old vehicles parked at the side of the road before he was ten. At 12 years of age, he was the youngest member on the executive of the Antique and Classic Car Club of Canada, Toronto Chapter.
In the 1960s, he began accumulating photos and information on motoring. His personal vehicle collection has included everything from a 1922 D-Type Vauxhall and 1935 Morgan, to a 1966 Bianchina van and 1962 Studebaker Station Wagon.
A writer for magazines and newspapers in the field of transport for 25-years, this is his twelfth historic vehicles book.
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