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Looks like you could drive it right in to the water.

Kinda reminds me of a pickup a guy here made when I was a kid though. His father in law owned the junkyard so he had access to anything he needed and was a pretty good body man in his own right. He cut the back off a 54 Olds,built a steel back for the "cab",took it to an auto glass place and had a rear window put in it. Then he put a Chevy step side box on it. He put a heck of a nice red paint job on it and had an Oldsmobile stepside pickup.
 
I was born in South Bend where and when Studebakers were made. Back then, anyone in the area that had two cars, one was generally a Studebaker. I went to Ebay the other day and saw the first factory 4x4 Studebaker I ever saw in my life, and it is sharp too. I have no idea who owns it, but its a one of a kind beauty that I"d love to have. I sent a link to some friends, but I also sent them pictures of what might have been the first El Camino or Ranchero type truck/car combo ever. The Studebaker Champ to me always came across as a cross between a Lark and pickup. We had Larks and a Golden Hawk.

From on-line, a Studebaker Champ, and the first and only factory 4x4 Studebaker pickup I ever saw in my life...

Mark
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Factory 4x4 Studebaker Pickup
 
The color is like Deutz green. All it lacks is orange wheels and it could be a 50's Deutz service truck, that would fit with the hood design of those tractors back then also. HeHe
Loren, the Acg.
 
As soon as I saw that picture I thought Lark. There was a Studebaker dealer near here and a fair whack of Larks.
 
Reminds me when I was a kid. Neighbor had a deal with an insurance company. He would buy brand new untitled vehicles that had been damaged in shipment and repair them. He was very good at it. He bought several cars that were on top of the truck that went under a low overpass. One was a Cadillac. He turned it into the first and last baby blue Cadillac pickup I ever saw.
 
No the several I saw had Oldsmobile on the side panels of hood and did not look like a Reo. One was a 1 1/2 ton truck and the other was a panel truck ( both from late 30's and looked like a General Motors Corporation style cab) .
 
Back in the late 60's, early 70's there was an Edsel ' ranchero ' in Colorado springs, belonged to a body shop in the Knob Hill area. you need a '57 or '58 Ford ranchero and the front clip and tail lights from a '58 Edsel station wagon to make one. Did not take a picture of it unfortunately, it was 'unique'. Bet it's still around !
 
Back in the 60's there was a '55 or '56 Thundermerc around the area. Merc tail lights morphed on to a Thunderbird.

Areo
 
Looks way better than the regular El Camino in my opinion. Not crazy about the color though, black or red would be better I think.
 
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