[FC] History Question

[J R Read]

Thanks Bob,

Seems to me that I've seen at least one old brochure which showed the wooden 
floor insert.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vairtec Corporation" <Vairtec at optonline.net>
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] History Question


> On 3/3/2011 6:56 PM, J R Read wrote:
>> I've been wondering about Loadside and Rampside production.  Did they 
>> start
>> out (more or less) at the same time in '61?  Or did GM realize the 
>> Loadside
>> was not selling and then brought out the Rampside?  Anyone have a 
>> definitive
>> answer on that?
>
> An easy one, JR.
>
> They were introduced simultaneously, the Loadside to be a lower-priced
> alternative to the Rampside.
>
> Actually -- although I cannot state this authoritatively -- the Loadside
> as originally conceived was to have a full flat floor and a storage
> locker below that floor, similar to the VW pickup of the time.  But cost
> considerations killed that idea and it became an ordinary, albeit
> rear-engine, pickup.
>
> --Bob Marlow
>
>
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