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31/07/2015 7:08 am
Has anyone ever made a Powell Sport Wagon or pick-up?
With my odd tastes in vehicles I've always liked this one!
31/07/2015 8:47 am
I doubt that anyone's ever made one, John.
Heck, I'd never even HEARD of one until you mentioned it, so off I went to Mr. Google. After reading about it and seeing the images, I'm even more convinced that it you make one it will be unique, 'cause I can't imagine that anyone has done it before.
31/07/2015 10:42 am
This pickup would not be difficult to build from scratch
There are so many flat panels that a good modeler with some styrene plastic sheets could construct one. I've done far more complex scratch built items like buses, motor homes, and a USPS postal truck.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
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31/07/2015 12:32 pm
It's the simplicity that appeals...and I'm surprised to see so many on Google
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01/08/2015 3:14 am
That's it! So odd it's appealing! Well, I think so anyway!!
Thanks for posting John Built on Plymouth running gear with a special compartment for fishing rods, etc that slid out of the rear wing.
01/08/2015 6:31 am
If anyone is interested, Powells were featured in the
February, 1992 issue of "Collectible Automobile." The pickups were called Sport Wagons (don't ask me!) and the station wagons were just called station wagons, apparently. Both are shown, as well as one of the three self-contained motor homes the company made.
If you can find one (roughly 1000 pickups and 300 wagons were made), you'll likely be the only one who has one at the next local cruise night!