1968 Pontiac LeMans Sport Truck

Beautiful car, but I'm with you when it comes to the price.

A tad blurry, but this one Steve?




and then.....









http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2008/03/11/a-little-bit-more-on-that-pontiac-grand-am-amino/




I really like this one bellow...

 

Wa La......

 

I beat you 3 minutes this time, KK..... my post above you

 

While a lot of the others are very nice, and often times nicer that the model the factory did build for sale, the fact remains the one in the original listing IS a factory built car, by Pontiac, for Pontiac, and it is well-documented. I remember seeing, quite some time ago, an article in Hemmings about some of these factory one-off cars that were not even really styling studies. Even Hudson got into the act with these in the 50s, building 1 step-down Hornet pick up. Being a factory built, likely by hand, one of one, never released model, makes this car worth what ever someone will pay for it. After all, it IS the only one there is, and they sure aren't building any more of them!

 

I'm not sure if any of these were factory.







From the looks of this custom 1953 Hudson Hornet pickup truck, you'd think the brand never discontinued truck production in 1947. Unfortunately they did, so this Hornet-amino is unfortunately just a well executed custom vehicle rather than a mass produced car/truck hybrid.
After building pickup trucks for years Hudson made the decision to stop truck production at the end of 1947 when the brand's unit construction "step down" automotive designs were introduced.
Sure the new unit construction wasn't the most conducive platform for a pickup design, but as this unique Hornet proves, it sure looked good. According to the dealership offering this custom Hudson on Hemmings.com this one was put together in the early 1950s by the Hudson factory and used as a shop truck.
It doesn't seem like there is any concrete documentation to prove this, but there is at least one other Hornet truck also believed to have been built at the factory as prototype. Regardless of exactly where or how this Hudson was put together the result is undeniably cool.
We'd say the asking price of $19,950 is pretty reasonable for such a nicely put together custom Hornet pickup truck.
[Hemmings]





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Have to put this one in here, pic compliments of 90Merc when he went to the Ford nationals............




South American Ford witch used the original Falcon body with face lifts well into the 70's with IMO a touch of the Auzi "Ute" in the roof.

197?....



1973 South American Falcon..........




54 Holden......



Valiant VC.............





68 Holden...............



50 Oldsmobile...............

 

56 Plymouth........................

 

Used to see one just like this 50 miles away at Crystal River, Fl at the local cruise ins many weekends. From what I remember it used to belong to the owners dad and was supposedly factory original. Seems like he also had an orginal 4-door Hudson.
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Thanks for posting all the pics. I'de be proud to own any of them. I'de swear there was an article in a muscle magazine during the 90's showing that first car being assembled by a Pontiac dealer. Either way, it's freaken sweet.