[FC] History Question

[Ben's Bus]

That picture is definitely in an old CorvanAntics issue. I can find it 
for sure if anyone is interested. Bob's memory is very accurate. I am 
pretty sure the account was written up by Bob Kirkman, a former GM 
employee who provided a ton of historical facts during the early years 
of the group.

On 3/3/2011 9:21 PM, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
> That's what I recall too - I'm pretty sure I've seen a photo somewhere of a GM styling studio truck with the door that would have truly made it a "Loadside", but I don't recall where.
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> --Bryan
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> On Mar 3, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Vairtec Corporation wrote:
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>> 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.
>>      
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