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This is the first of Average Guy’s  “Feature Car”  blog entries so a little preamble is required.  My daily driver is my 07 C6 Corvette and I love that car, but you won’t see new or newish exotic cars in this feature. Nope, it will be mainly comprised off beat, older cars including some muscle cars, pickups, utility vehicles and what not.

So I’m starting off with a pickup, most folks haven’t heard much about.  It’s the Powell pickup.

These are a bit odd-looking pickups.  See for yourself:

1956 Powell

These trucks were a collection of parts from other American car manufacturers.  They were produced 1954 – 1957 with about 1000 units created and I do mean created!!

They were built on early 1940’s Plymouth and Dodge chassis, with part of the bodies being producted of steel, front ends made from fiberglass and tailgate and bumpers made of wood at one point.  In most cases the engine was straight 6, Mopar‘s 201, but they did use a few other power plants in the same family, even some industrial engines.

One interesting notes is that the chrome used in the grille was from 1950 Ford rear door.  But the most unique feature was the cylinder shaped compartment that slide out of the rear of the trucks for fishing pole storage.

Unkept Powell Pickup with Fishing Pole storage

They also produced a wagon (station wagon-like) with the same storage as an option.

Thanks for reading.

Tim