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09-01-2015, 02:52 PM
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First year for (US) twin cab crew cab pick up trucks?
G'day Chaps,
Does anyone here know when crew cabs / twin cabs were first factory built on pick up trucks in the US of A? I've seen a few for sale over here but most of them are 1980s machines (= don't look nice). Were they by any chance built with twin cabs in the late 1960s?
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#3
09-01-2015, 05:35 PM
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According to this article, Ford started producing crew cab versions of the F-250 and F-350 trucks in 1966.
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09-01-2015, 05:36 PM
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."
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#5
09-01-2015, 05:37 PM
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Yea they went all the way back to the 60's in the internationals,
chevy there were special bodys for railroad service etc in the 60's too but pretty rare. The 74 up square body gm trucks was a regular production option, even 3/4 ton crews. ford I don't know that much about -rightfully so, cept all the 4WD bits are the choice stuff -ford got it, d60 DS high pinion front axle- 32 spline np transfer case-ford always got the best setup.
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#7
09-01-2015, 10:12 PM
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Nice try, Paul .
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."
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#8
09-01-2015, 10:16 PM
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i used to have a 62 international crewcab pickup.
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09-01-2015, 10:18 PM
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."
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#10
09-01-2015, 10:28 PM
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No link, but going on memory I seem to recall someone once wrote into an old car magazine and asked about the Dodge. It seems there was a custom run by an aftermarket company of these bodies for larger customers like the military, the Interior Department and some oil companies.
I think the International was also an Interior department thing in that International was so small and the order was so big the company was able to do it and make money on it. But I think the thrust of the question is: When was the first production truck offered where the average slob could walk into a dealer and buy one off the lot.
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#11
09-01-2015, 10:36 PM
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VW introduced the 'Double Cab Pickup' in November of 1958. This is nothing but a VW van with the crew cab, three-door body, but it was a true crew cab and was factory built.
Earlier versions were custom built by a German coach builder and not the VW factory.
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09-02-2015, 02:57 AM
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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#13
09-02-2015, 02:59 AM
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I've seen a few twin cab Mercedes 407s about from the 1970s but they're pretty under powered - so I got thinking about old trucks from the US...
...I've decided I need space - lots of it
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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09-02-2015, 06:58 AM
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__________________
"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."
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09-02-2015, 09:48 AM
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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