What exactly is a P/U?

[franzfrucket1]

Yes feel free to call me a moron but I just dont know what makes a P/U a P/U if you guys can tell me without totally chewing me out that be awesome!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Owen

P.S. post some pics to!

[draggin'GTO]

Ummm.... a Pick-Up as in pick-up truck? 'Zat what you mean? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

http://www.martsrods.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rides50/acmestude01.jpg

http://www.hotrodsbyglen.net/ftruck.jpg

----- Bart -----

[cheap-n-dirty]

acording to ford, it could be a "commercial car". a seperate cab and bed to hold cargo.

[franzfrucket1]

I know it means pick up but what I dont understand is sometimes like roadsters will be called P/U's and thats what I dont understand... but thanks for the info so far

[warpigg]

you mean an RPU?

http://www.hotrodsetc.net/my31road_filtered.jpg

i guess i don't understand.

[quickrod]

hmmm lets see,a pick up..........how about,"damn baby,you must be tired,you been runnin through my mind all day".....can you work with that?...what's a pick up......

[draggin'GTO]

Some roadsters are roadster pick-ups, some are just 'regular' roadsters with trunks or rumble seats. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Greazer]

Here's a pick of the Happy Days roadster pickup.

[franzfrucket1]

Ohhh ok I got it...just curious because I didnt think that ford made roadster pickups and Im a little slow so that added to the problem...Thanks all!!

Owen

[wideglide74]

mine is a HEAP. Come to think of it I have not even laid eyes on my heap since monday.

[1LOWCHIEF]

your "heap" looks bitchin' to me!

[Mai Ki-Ki]

um....nicest unique looking heap !

wow.

[franzfrucket1]

Is that a 38 grill on there or what?

Owen

[slacker_53]

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mine is a HEAP. Come to think of it I have not even laid eyes on my heap since monday.

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'Glide, if you haven't paid any attention to it since Monday, you had better sell it.............to me! he-he http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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[Boones]

To muddy things up. at what point does a T bucket become a PU.. how long does the bed have to be before its considered a PU?

[34Fordtk]

Pepe le P/U http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[franzfrucket1]

now thats a good answer!!

Owen

[choprods]

wouldn't the PU designation only apply to a bed "seperate" frome the body{cab}-so an el camino is a car?

[franzfrucket1]

Now thats a noggen scratcher! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[jonnycola]

Can anyone say what an el camino really is??





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[Tony]

An abortion. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

(i've had 2 of em so no, i'm not slaming em.I really like them.esp '60s)
maybe even a cowboy cadilac???

Rat..

[Mutt]

My '69 El Camino was titled as a car. Ford had a unibody pickup in the 60's which had solid sheetmetal from head to tail lights.

[Lionheart]

Ya Mutt and it was a 1/2 ton PU. Not a Ranchero, it was an F100 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Mutt]

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wouldn't the PU designation only apply to a bed "seperate" frome the body{cab}-so an el camino is a car?

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Sorry - that was in reply to this post from Choprods

[Ragtop]

PU? That's what my wife says after I pull the blankets up over her head right after the pfffttt sound and right before she slugs me.

[franzfrucket1]

Its what my sister says too after I drop ass in her car after she pulls my finger ha ha

[safariknut]

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Can anyone say what an el camino really is??
In Australia,an el Camino would be considered a "coupe utility" or "ute"





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[Rocky]

My '82 Rampage was designated a truck and required the more expensive "commercial" license plates... When I traded it in on an '83, they'd changed the law and it was now considered a passenger car! El-Caminos and Rancheros were included in the name change as were mini vans..Go figure...

[so-cheap]

"now can you tell me...whats a hotrod?" Geez

[whodaky]

most definitely a ute,

[slacker_53]

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To muddy things up. at what point does a T bucket become a PU.. how long does the bed have to be before its considered a PU?

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I think mines a P/U, although it's only hauling it's gas tank.

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[porknbeaner]

I think that if it has an open cargo area seperate from the seating area it could be classed a pickup. Weather it ever hauls or is capable of hauling is a different story.
Now lets take it a bit farther, an SUV with the top removed would not be classed a pickup. Nor would a wagon with the roof cut off. Unless there is something (ie bady part) that seperates the seating area from the cargo area.
I think originally the El Camino or Ranchero was considered a utility vehicle not unlike say a '55 business coupe. Other than the fact that your stuff got wet if it rained. Later people started calling them a pickup.
Of course I could be totaly wrong about the ranchero/el camino thing. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif