American ½-ton Pickup Trucks of the 1960s
During the 1960s, the American ½-ton pickup truck evolved from a basic utility vehicle into a more stylish, comfortable, and capable machine. While their ruggedness, reliability, and practicality remained central, consumer demand encouraged manufacturers to add features, comfort, and distinctive styling. The decade saw pickups develop a unique identity, separate from the flashy lines of their car counterparts.
This book covers all high-volume, light-duty American half-ton pickups of the 1960s, providing engine and chassis specifications, annual model changes, and contemporary production data. It offers detailed close-ups of four of the most popular models, along with rare trucks such as the Fargo, Chevrolet Corvair and El Camino, Ford Econoline and Ranchero, Dodge and Fargo A100, and Mercury.
The work includes never-before-published images of fully restored trucks, period advertisements, brochures, and highlights the styling cues and optional equipment that defined the era. Readers gain a comprehensive view of the trucks' evolution, features, and the options that made them both practical and appealing during a transformative decade.
Pages of the book "American ½-ton Pickup Trucks of the 1960s"
Product details
| Author: | Norm Mort |
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| Details: | 96 pages, 7.5 x 8.1 in (19 x 20.5 cm), paperback |
| Illustrations: | 120 b&w and color photos |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Veloce Publishing Ltd (GB, 2016) |
| Series: | Those were the days |
| ISBN: | 9781845848033 |
American ½-ton Pickup Trucks of the 1960s
Language: English
