1950 Plymouth Pick-up

[Dave5458]

Please,can someone tell me who has this pickup? My Dad built this around 1968 or 69 I was around 14 years old. I'm 58 now and Dad is 83, if I could get the owner to contact my Dad that would be AWESOME. Daddy almost fell over when I took the pic over to him today, he said he'd love to have a picture of him standing by it now. I don't think we have ANY photos of it, he traded it to my uncle for an old car he had about a year after he built it. My uncle may have a photo, I haven't got to ask him yet. PLEASE,any help would be GREATLY appreceated.

 

Dave

 

By the way the builders name is Gerald (Jerry) Cook He lives in Newalla,Ok. and he says to tell you all its a 49 and not a 50.

[Dave5458]

I had a 67 Jeep Gladiator at one time. The back of the cab looked a lot like this.

When it was built my Dad used the original back window he cut it out and fit it on and welded it, this is now something someone redone.

[Dave5458]

By the way I know this is a really old post I just hope some of you guys are still around

[T120]

Yes,Some of us are still around...If no one on the forum has any follow up info,you might try contacting the business that handled the sale (Motoexotica?).I have occasionally seen their ads - they may be willing to provide you with some information,or not..Good luck on your quest.  

[Dave5458]

Thanks Ralph thats a great idea, I'll try it for sure first thing Monday morning if I can find a phone number on the web.

[BobT-47P15]

MotoExotica is in St. Louis, MO.      Link to their ad with phone number.

 

http://www.motoexotica.com/

[Dave5458]

Thanks Bob T, You guys have no idea what this ment to find this truck,we thought we'd never see it again. We figured it was either scaped or rusting in a field someplace.Some here wondered why my Dad would cut up a nice old car like this.Well he was a mechanic his whole life his Dad was a blacksmith in Newalla,Ok. and eventually went from wagons and such to working on cars, my Dad would crawl under cars with him when he could ONLY crawl, later in life became lead mechanic for the city of OKlahoma city and had a little garrage in his backyard on the side BUT when he built this truck we were living in the city in a little rent house (wishing we were back in the country) Daddy built that truck in ONE day in his driveway as he had no garrage then and no room for one. My Dad was always rigging something up I wish you could have all known him. He's in pretty bad shape now and just fiddles with his old lawn mower as he has had open heart and has a pacemaker/defib. that hits him often, in his youth he was one AWESOME guy, actually still is just can't do what he used to. Later I'll post some pics, gotta get off here and blubber a min.

 

Oh yeah why he cut up the car...He was pretty much poor back in the day and needed a pickup...pretty simple... for him at least.

Edited April 15, 2013 by Dave5458

[pflaming]

I can understand the love / hate response to the 50 pickup. I happen to like it. To me it's a '50 Ute, not too much different from what Ford and GM did with the Rancheros and El Caminos, which were actually cars also.

 

A transformed car in the 40's was called a "Depression truck" 

[austinsailor]

For those of you who are offended that someone would cut the car up and make a truck out of it, you need to think about it a bit more.

At that time the car - even in good running shape, might easily be bought for $50 to $100. It was just an old car. I saw many converted in the 50s and 60's. they'd go from being a $50 car that was hard to sell to a $300 or $400 pickup that many people wanted.

Now, if they'd all been cared for and saved there'd be a million sitting around and a couple thousand buyers. How many people would be excited to see your car if there were 2 on every block? And how much do you think it would be worth? Thousands of buyers, millions of cars? Doesn't take an economics professor to figure that one out.

It's sort of like those old table and cabinet radios from the 30's and 40's. when I was a kid I'd buy them at auctions for 25 cents, take them home, take them apart and then they were gone. You gonna chew me out now because they are rare and worth something? If there were still 2 in every house what would they be worth? Certainly not hundreds of dollars or maybe a thousand.

[Plymouthy Adams]

the owner has all rights to the end outcome for the ride....we can only comment our likes/dislikes..folks may not like my build..but I don't often ask opinions either

[Desotodav]

I love the look of that old ute, and thanks for sharing the story Dave. It's very similar to our utes here in Oz - we call the ones with the continuing body line 'style sides' and the others with the cab and bed 'cab-chassis'. I hope all works out well for you in your new quest Dave.

[Dave5458]

Personally I don't like it at all, I think they ruined a nice car. But with 2 hrs. to go, it's at over $5K.

Wish I could have been there for the auction, I mean REALLY wish I could have been there Your provably right about ruining a good car but knowing what I know about it I'd rather have the truck.

[wayfarerstranger]

Looks like a pair showed up on this beast too !

Edited April 16, 2013 by wayfarerstranger