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capev86 · 04-07-2010, 07:38 PM

i met the owner of the original '35 prototype last year at the Barrington (NH) truck show. he lives in CT and would have brought it with him if it hadn't been on loan to a museum. the upper tailgate is a roll up piece of canvas, unlike the 75 or so production trucks from that first year. basically they took the panel truck and put in extra windows and seats. the panel truck was discontinued after '70 and the "carryall" moniker was gone for the redesigned '73 model year. anyway, this guy also has had many burbs over the years and also has a '41 "art deco" style burb that sports disc brakes and the 120hp cummins 4 / pontiac 3 speed auto from a bread delivery truck. it gets 35mpg w/out OD and he uses it to haul the '31 to car shows on an aluminum car hauler. both rigs have been featured in publications ranging from hard cover truck history books to diesel fan mags!

04-07-2010, 07:38 PM	#7
capev86 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Eliot, Maine Posts: 1,314	Re: length of doors i met the owner of the original '35 prototype last year at the Barrington (NH) truck show. he lives in CT and would have brought it with him if it hadn't been on loan to a museum. the upper tailgate is a roll up piece of canvas, unlike the 75 or so production trucks from that first year. basically they took the panel truck and put in extra windows and seats. the panel truck was discontinued after '70 and the "carryall" moniker was gone for the redesigned '73 model year. anyway, this guy also has had many burbs over the years and also has a '41 "art deco" style burb that sports disc brakes and the 120hp cummins 4 / pontiac 3 speed auto from a bread delivery truck. it gets 35mpg w/out OD and he uses it to haul the '31 to car shows on an aluminum car hauler. both rigs have been featured in publications ranging from hard cover truck history books to diesel fan mags!