These were work trucks and nothing fancy until about 1940, when some automotive styling was used for a lightweight Ford pickup. After World War II, Ford trucks were completely restyled ...

"Parting out a '56 Ford pickup." It reads quite softly, yet commands attention like a sledgehammer hammered over a piece of concrete next to your head after a hard night of overindulgence.

By the time Bernie turned 16 he and his dad were tearing into a '56 Ford pickup Bernie had bought and cherrying it out. Equipped from the factory with a 223-inch 6-cylinder engine and an overdrive ...

I was living in El Modeno, California, (the eastern end of the city of Orange) when I first saw my '56 Ford pickup. I was driving down the street and there it was, parked in the front yard.

When Richard was a teenager even before the Crestlinehe learned how to drive in his best friend's dad's '56 Ford pickup, and his interest in these trucks never left him. He told George ...