Re: Not Packards but Aussie Cars!

Posted by HH56 On 2018/2/25 16:33:23

I kind of like the small pickups in the third photo. Aren't they called UTE's instead of pickups in Oz? Think they were very practical for a small pickup and cargo carrying implementation but for some reason small like that never really caught on here. Believe Studebaker had a smaller car based version for a year or two -- the Coupe Express I think it was called and Dodge had something larger as a limited production high end model but that might have been for show..

Most successful models here seem to have been much bigger with station wagon based cars made into pickups like the El Camino and Rancheros. Dodge and I think Subaru tried to do something in the 80s or early 90s with a smaller car body with a bed tacked on instead of a trunk but neither were around very long. Maybe others tried but nothing around as long and successful as the Australian models.

I still like that little early 60s Ford the police drive in the Dr. Blake Mysteries and the Standard that Dr Blake drives in the later episodes isn't bad either.