Dave
Dave Reader
5/11/17 12:32 p.m.

Messing around and mocked these up. Not bad looking I think.

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury MegaDork
5/11/17 12:45 p.m.

Yeah, look pretty good. I could live happily with #2 in my driveway.

penultimeta
penultimeta HalfDork
5/11/17 2:34 p.m.

Cool

NickD
NickD SuperDork
5/11/17 2:45 p.m.

They did build a single factory truck in'37 for hauling Seabiscuit's trailer. It still exists and the guy lives locally to me and drives it around to all sorts of shows.

Dave
Dave Reader
5/11/17 3:17 p.m.

Cadillac!

For the FoMoCo fans

TIGMOTORSPORTS
TIGMOTORSPORTS HalfDork
5/12/17 4:55 a.m.

How about a Buick version of an El Camino?

Grand National pickup?

penultimeta
penultimeta HalfDork
5/12/17 5:48 a.m.

Close

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury MegaDork
5/12/17 7:36 a.m.
penultimeta wrote: Close

woooaaahhh...I like this WAAAAYYY more than I should...OFF TO THE CRAIGSLIST!!!

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/12/17 9:29 a.m.

I'm building that Caddy-clipped Apache someday. That is berkeleying sick!

Dave
Dave Reader
5/12/17 10:13 a.m.

One more in a Packard.

pirate
pirate Reader
5/12/17 2:05 p.m.

Don't have any pictures but a guy at a car show was telling me he was putting a mid sixties Mercury Comet front end on a 64 Falcon Rancharo.

Jumper K. Balls
Jumper K. Balls PowerDork
5/12/17 2:21 p.m.

In reply to pirate:

That is not uncommon. Folks call them Comechero's

 photo Cometchero.jpg

It's a bolt on for the most part

Dave
Dave Reader
5/12/17 2:55 p.m.
pirate wrote: Don't have any pictures but a guy at a car show was telling me he was putting a mid sixties Mercury Comet front end on a 64 Falcon Rancharo.

I came across a '60 Rancharo that had the Canada only Frontenac conversion

Joe Gearin
Joe Gearin Associate Publisher
5/12/17 3:03 p.m.
penultimeta wrote: Close

I also have an unhealthy attraction to this GNamino! Hmmm.....there's a guy with a Royal Knight El Camino down the road from me......also easy enough to find a Regal front clip......

NickD
NickD SuperDork
5/12/17 3:15 p.m.

I'd rather have this Skylark GSX/El Camino hybrid

Joe Gearin
Joe Gearin Associate Publisher
5/12/17 4:12 p.m.

^^^ NACA ducts FTW!

I've always thought the Buick's front end was way better looking than a 70-72 Chevelle. Although a Cutlass or LeMans front end from the same era would look pretty bitchin on that too.

And of course, you can't forget the graceful Buick Century El Crapimino

Hal
Hal UltraDork
5/12/17 7:44 p.m.

OK, since we are talking "UTE's" maybe some one can tell me what I saw today. It was definitely a "UTE" and the front looked like a 55-56 Packard to me. I have done some searching and can't find any Packard pickup later than the 30's. Anybody have any ideas?

BrokenYugo
BrokenYugo MegaDork
5/12/17 8:56 p.m.

In reply to Hal:

57 Ford Ranchero?

Hal
Hal UltraDork
5/13/17 5:29 p.m.
BrokenYugo wrote: In reply to Hal: 57 Ford Ranchero?

Nope, I had a 57 Ford so I know it wasn't that. Front looked like a 55-56 Packard which my neighbor back then had. Probably was some custom job.

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