[AT] Edsel ranchero?

[John Maddock]

Would you believe I still drive a '67 Toyota Crown ute as pictured in the
Wikipedia article (well, without the fancy wheels, anyway) as the farm
vehicle?

An advanced vehicle, for its day.  Box frame chassis, 1 tonne load, 6
cyl.o/h cam, alloy cross flow head,2 litre, (later 2.3L, then 2.6L), 
semi-extractor exhaust, 4 gears on the steering column.  As I understand
it, the Crowns up to 1965 had 4 cylinder engines & transmissions based on
English Austin design, then Toyota bought a Mercedes engine factory & used
that design until whenever.  Crowns were not imported to Aus after about
'75, when they were replaced by the Cressida (similar engine) then the
Lexus. Still made & used in Japan as taxis, I believe.

JV

> On 3/24/2011 9:01 AM, John & Jan Paur wrote:
>> I remember those kind of days growing up in Minn.  John
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Merchant"<kosh at ncweb.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion
>> group"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Edsel ranchero?
>>
> Its true John, farm built pickups are nothing new. It was quite a trend
> in the sixties and seventies to take the old retired family sedan, cut
> the roof back to the drivers seat, install a sheet of plywood, weld the
> rear doors shut and there was your "pickup truck". Or as we called them,
> "cut down cars". There were some that were quite well done looking
> almost as good as the factory built Ranchero/Elcamino.
> I kind of regret not picking up this one I saw at a farm auction about 4
> years ago. It was a 56 Chev sedan converted to an early El Camino
> pickup. Chev never built them until 59. I see that Australia was big on
> "Utes", car based pickups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup%C3%A9_utility
> That 53 Holden is absolutely beautiful.
> Anyway, heres all I have to show of the 56 Chev at the auction sale.
> Hope it didn't go to the crusher.
> http://hotimg23.fotki.com/p/a/142_165/29_157/auction56Chev-vi.jpg
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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