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.
Well seems my attempt to bring a “nearly” live car show to the Average Guy’s Car Restoration, Mods and Racing, was “nearly” successful. Another way to state the success is “FAIL”.
It was a test to see if I could coordinate “on the spot” posts from any location with my pile of technology I carry. This test involved only my Android phone, its camera, an app I programmed and 3G connection.
The posts got to the blog just fine (almost) but my app only put them in to draft mode and did not publish them. You’ll notice my Android phone’s camera seemed to be in a strange mode and everything came out monochromatic. Lastly my Android’s battery failed to hold up and it ended.
So my plans for doing “nearly” live from the Goodguys Car Show in Scottsdale, AZ next weekend is in jeopardy unless I work out the bugs.
