“Pickups, The Art of Utility” was an exhibition at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles California from June 2013 to April 2014. The exhibit featured almost 20 vehicles ranging from a 1909 International Harvester up to a 2002 Isuzu Axiom XST Concept.
If you missed it, check out the “Braving Baja: 1000 Miles to Glory” that I shot during my same trip to the museum.
1941 Chevrolet Series AK 1/2 Ton
1939 American Bantam Pickup
1959 Jeep Forward Control
1909 International Harvester Auto Wagon powered by a horizontally-opposed air cooled engine located under the front seat.
1929 Chrysler Model 75 Roadster with aftermarket pickup bed
1932 Ford Model B Pickup
1934 Terraplane Pickup. Terraplane’s were produced from 1932 to 1938.
1978 Dodge Li’l Red Express
1968 Volkswagen Single Cab Pickup
1958 Ford Ranchero Custom
1968 Chevrolet C-10
1952 Ford F-1 Half-Ton Pickup equipped with Marmon-Herrington 4wd.
1959 Datsun 220 pickup
1953 Dodge Power Wagon equipped with the Willock swivel frame.
1942 Crosley Pickup. The Crosley had a 35 cubic inch 12 horsepower two-cylinder engine.
1955 Powell pickup. Slightly more than 1000 Powell trucks were produced from 1954 to 1957.
1941 Studebaker Champion Coupe Delivery
1965 Hannibal 8, driven by Jack Lemmon in the Great Race 1965
1938 Curtiss Aerocar Fifth-wheel trailer
The Petersen Museum also had a great Hot Wheels display next to the Pickups exhibit showing every style ever made. Here are a few of the older style trucks I saw.
