18 INSANELY Rare Pickup Trucks! You May Never Heard Of!

[@TheOzarkExplorer]

I have to admit I'm a bit stunned to see the "Durango" in this video. Even more that they mentioned my brother Jim Jr. and I. There were others who helped with building the prototype. George and Katy Goudie made the fiberglass molds for the bed and tailgate, George Price and Bob Moore helped with bondo and paint work. My brother Jim and I worked on all that as well. My father sold the rights to produce them to a company named "National Coach". They made Airport Shuttles at the time and were looking to expand. They did OK, but there were some issues in their production line. They are a collector car now though and worth restoring if you can find one.

[@RaymondCoggins-xd2re]

Awesome job

[@mikewasfaret9563]

You need to get your facts correct. All makers had a heavy half ton in 75. That's when ford started making the F150. Dodge had the 150 also. The Ford uni-body pickups were body on frame.

[@anthonydilligaf823]

Okay.. This was written by a millennial that's never seen ANY of these and their Google search let them down...

[@PsalmFourteenOne]

@@anthonydilligaf823 Yeah I could tell that this was one of those. Some images were total BS.

[@russellstarr9111]

Thank you for setting the record straight on the Ford unibody trucks being body on frame. I had a 63' model with the 292 CID engine. Torque galore.

[@dog-dx9pd]

@@russellstarr9111 unibody=frame built into body, NO FRAME frame=body bolted on chassis(frame)

[@twolitercupcake]

I thought the 150 was a quarter-ton. 250 is the half, no? Edit: I stand corrected. 150 is a half-ton and 250 is a 3/4.

[@jamesmyers9285]

I would love to have a Plymouth PT-57 Pickup. Gorgeous from my all-time favorite brand.

[@DTD110865]

Somebody who lived in a farmhouse on NY 112 and Mount Vernon Avenue used to have an old Plymouth pickup, but I think it was a newer model than the PT-57.

[@ronfullerton3162]

​@@DTD110865It couldn't of been much newer. I am not just sure of the date, but was during or just after the war that Chrysler decided there was no need for two pickup brands, and decided Dodge would get to build them. I loved the looks of them back when I got my license in the mid 60's, but they were hard to find even at that time.

[@slimjimjohn4671]

When I was a kid in the 60's a neighbor had a Plymouth he bought new and mostly kept in a garage, only making rare appearances on the street. I have also seen a Coupe Express in person, a beautiful truck I have lusted for ever since.

[@godofrock]

If the Hudson couldn’t do it no one will conquer the elusive car-truck. That thing was good looking and fast for the tomes.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Tomes are books.

[@Taino871]

I had one of these super Cheap Futuras. I took really good care of it…. But it really was trash. I was too young to admit it. My older brother ( That passed away ) would make me feel good by telling me “ No baby bro it’s a good car. That man had a heart of gold. He got me a set of Crager rims wide tires, the whole Shebang to make me feel good. But it was slow and a really hard ride. Wherever you are I’m sure he is in heaven . Thank you bro. I miss you. Way too young to leave me.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Cragar.

[@Taino871]

@@JW...-oj5iw Thank you I was sure I misspelled it. Wait I did spell it correctly.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

​@@Taino871... Keep telling yourself that.

[@jeeptrucklover72]

Yeah, boy. I’d like to have a 1937 Plymouth pickup truck too! That truck is just beautiful and classy. Or a ‘38 PT-57 as it’s called.

[@spacehonky6315]

Agreed! Beautiful truck. My second. Choice would be one of those '68 Ford beasts.

[@maeve4686]

We have one each. Unfortunately the '38 had parts destroyed during a wildfire...😢still looking for pieces. They are a beautiful pickup. My bf taught me the number of sails in its hood ornament dictates it's year.!

[@briansawdo6245]

The Chevy bog 10 described was somebody’s personal modifications. They didn’t come that way.

[@kerrypierre9494]

With ya on that 👍

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Chevy "bog 10" eh? Are you one of those whose inability with carburetion has caused you to call GM's great QuadraJet the "QuadraBog?" Or were you grasping at the Big 10 model that Chevy introduced in the '70s?

[@josephsmith7438]

@@JW...-oj5iw its car jargon for bogging down on a 10 inch. You know you do it all the time

[@JW...-oj5iw]

@@josephsmith7438 ... Congratulations on your child polygamy, despite its implications of your morality. You must be Mormon than me.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

@@josephsmith7438 ... Apparently KZbin algorithm has chosen to protect you from an appropriate retort to your insolence. Such childish writing from you.

[@russellstarr9111]

It's too bad so many of your "facts" are wrong.

[@fransahm1956]

And the pictures LOL

[@joecasual2952]

"here's the kicker".....

[@DarrellFoote]

Apache was a nice truck in the looks department, but the Cameo was a stunner, and rare.

[@johnnydeville5701]

The Chevrolet Apache name didn't come along until 1958. 12V system wasn't optional, it was introduced in 1955, and every Chevrolet was 12V after 1955.

[@garyleibitzke4166]

The Powell Pickups were like the Jeeps of that vintage, the maker went "dumpster diving" for parts. They both used whatever they could get to complete the vehicle.

[@richardbaumgart2454]

The 1978 Chevy C-10 pick-ups DID NOT come with headers, flowmaster exhaust, lowered suspension, wood bed, or fckn billet wheels....wtf are you thinking...most def not subscribing

[@b.t.3780]

I'm glad somebody said what I was thinking. LOL

[@rolandharrison5651]

I am really disappointed that The Dodge Power Wagon was not there. Talk about an iconic work horse.

[@lifuranph.d.9440]

W300

[@bayoumanbryan]

the pt 57 is a fine looking old truck. i would love to have one for a daily driver

[@davidneleber3300]

You didn’t cover the MACK pickup ?

[@dog-dx9pd]

WTFF!

[@frankpriolo7735]

I commented on the Mack pickups on this video.

[@Johnnycdrums]

Ford guy here, but starting at 33:22, GM really got it right with their 55' pickup truck. "Task Force Series", so I have learned.

[@Hogger280]

The El Camino was much better looking than the durango.

[@nicj99]

Ya think??

[@lancerevell5979]

I never cared for the Fairmont, but the Durango looks good. Bummer about only an anemic 200ci sixbanger though. A 351 would really perk it up. 😎

[@madmex2k]

@@lancerevell5979 Fairmonts were the 1st Fox Body Fords.

[@Taino871]

Without question!

[@Johnnycdrums]

@@lancerevell5979 ; Jay Leno said there was a kit for putting three Webers on a Ford 200 inline six. I had one in a 68' Fairlane 500, you just couldn't kill that motor. Just sayin', by 79' I think the 351 (all iterationd), was unfortunately no more, or at least on the way out.

[@Johnnycdrums]

That 1938 Plymouth RT-57 at 5:17 is gorgeous, in my book.

[@Truckngirl]

I owned a 1971 Ford F-250 BEAST, with a 4" body lift and 33's. It's how I got my respect on the freeway in Los Angeles in the late 90s. I used to check underneath for Miatas when I parked...

[@michaelcagle5938]

I can't believe they didn't mention Diamond T! Of all the rare pickups out there it should have been near the top. No mention of the Studebaker Champ or any Unimog models....

[@GeorgeAllen-jf1qk]

Or REO

[@NothMeeh]

That 68 F-250 is a beauty

[@wordreet]

Hehe, that's bizarre, I'm sat looking right at a Hot Wheels custom VW T2 pickup, with chopped roof and a flat bed at the back! It looks so similar to your thumbnail! Heck! I commented while the vid was beginning, and then you mentioned the Tempo Matador with it's FWD VW engine set up! I don't think I'd ever heard of it!!!!!!!!!

[@The_1919_Project]

Re: The Ford Durango. My first job in the automotive industry was working for Jim Stephenson although it was a couple years before he and his sons Bill and Jim Jr. created it. Bill is active on Facebook and we still communicate often.

[@Chadsstickystuffakaglue]

I had a 1986 ford ranger hot one edition was like having a unicorn

[@GenXican84]

I worked in a Central Cali Hardware store in the early 90's..I was helping out a farmer take some stuff out to his truck..I blurted out "HOLY SHIT!!...THAT'S A MACK JR.!!!

[@BlairAir]

A Ford Fairmont based "E Camino" Fighter" is somehow... well, I can understand why they weren't real popular. I guess it filled a niche, but the SS Chevelle looking El Camino you showed @00:51 was outstanding. Not sure if an SS was even offered, but that just looks about as good as an El Camino ever did.

[@learningtoride1840]

Mercury also made a truck in the 50s, thats rare!!

[@frankpriolo7735]

The Mercurys were the Fords made in Canada. Instead of F-100 and F-150, they were M-100 and M-150.

[@rollin19]

Id like to go with the c10 shortbed with the 454,It's a gas guzzler but lots of frame twisting torque.

[@kermitefrog64]

I enjoy my 1964 Ford F250. It used to have 3 on the tree but it now has 4 on the floor and changed out the 4:10 differential to a 3:73 and it flies down the freeway.

[@startingbark0356]

DAF A107 is extremely rare too, and most people never heard about this pickup truck

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

Some how you missed the worlds first Coupe Utility, 1934 Ford, made by Ford Australia from the 1934 coupe. it's even been on posage stampes and coins and is the first listing on Wikipedia under coupe utility.

[@top.intel0]

Thanks for the suggestion😊 You know it's not possible to add every rare pickups in one video. I'm planning make another long video like this one. With more rare trucks

[@raystevens687]

My dad had a 1969 Ford 3/4 360 cubic inch engine and he would complain about a knock and the 2 barl carbrater he he had to replace what he called power vavle quite often. He was a master mechanic for over 50 plus years.

[@Friedbrain11]

Love the Tempo Matador!

[@Johnnycdrums]

Ford 200 inline six is a damn good engine (had one in a 68' Failane 500), you could put three Webers on it, lol, according to Jay Leno.

[@justanamerican9024]

A friend of mine knew a junk yard owner in the city. He was informed by the owner a 1962 Ford unibody was for sale with an almost perfect body and low miles. $600 would by it (that was mid-70's). He asked me if I wanted it and I said yes. I borrowed the money and gave it to my friend who was going to the city on business. He came home with the truck and it was better than I thought it would be, with one catch: my friend now wanted the truck. He gave me the money back and kept the truck for himself. He had helped me on many occasions so I let it slide. Well, the first time he went for a long ride it overheated and never ran right again. Someone had put radiator sealer in it and plugged the whole engine up. I wasn't a mechanic and neither was he so it was sold for junk.

[@minustaco42zero24]

I got to see one a Tempo Matadors about 16 years ago at the BugJam in Dade city FL it was very cool to check as I'd never heard of one before let alone seen one

[@frankpriolo7735]

You failed to mention the Mack Jr. pickup truck. Less than 5000 were sold between 1936 and 1938 that were manufactured by REO. Then Mack produced the Mack ED 3/4 ton trucks from 1938 to 1944. Mack manufactured 2638 of this model. It is thought that about 50 ED’s are known to exist.

[@mykec.selene8302]

Love the Studebaker!!!

[@tonyg3573]

Funny. When you get to the 55 Chevy Apache, you keep showing a 57 truck, while the Apache didn't come out until 58. And when you talk about it's 265 cid V8, you're showing a modern LS engine. Then you talk about the 68 Ford truck with the 390 cid V8 being rare (which is was not), when the 68 Mercury M series truck with the 428 cid V8 was even more rare, and the last year of the Mercury truck line. This type of misleading confusion is peppered widely throughout the entire video. 🤣

[@JW...-oj5iw]

You should be sure of what you write, especially during criticism. Whoever put this video together is barely literate or at least subliterate. As for engine selection in late '60s Ford pickups, the 360 was more prevalent than the same block 390. The same block 428 was rarely found in those trucks. The 429 was more likely to be found in the F350s, especially cab/chassis models for commercial use. And I don't even GAF about Fords. I just used them when my employers assigned them. My choice is primarily Chevy from the mid '70s. Some of the most versatile cars and trucks were built in that era.

[@josephsmith7438]

@@JW...-oj5iw makes sense now. A ford owner. When you say you blew a trannie last night . Has nothing to do with a gear box or a car at the track. More like something under the bleachers. 🧎‍♂

[@mikeaporter5231]

Dodge Powerwagon How could you miss that monster

[@TheCharlesAtoz]

Interesting images, but something is off here. Why start something if you won't get it right?

[@davev3557]

Jeep FC 150 FC 170 and Diamond T

[@davidbrandenburg8029]

this is the first Durango I have ever seen in my 69 years!, used to drive a ranchero so I have seen plenty of them!

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

If you liked the Ranchero you should google: 1934 ford ute Ford Falcon ute Ford Australia made Coupe Utility's from 1934 to 2017, even in WW2 for the Australian Army. We had ChryslerValiant Coupe utility's in the 60's, 70's and 80's ...... Think of the missed sales in the US of a 369 Hemi Coupe Utility. I had a 1974, had to run 345's on the rear or I would overtake myself on fast corners, life was more fun when I was young. ...... light rearend big smoke burnouts

[@godofrock]

Amazing how many times they tried to cross a truck and car yet never made it go over.

[@kurtandrew7314]

lots of mistakes in this . need to check your facts. pics of motors that you couldnt get in a truck, showing a v8 and talking about a 6-

[@josephsmith7438]

Thats true but a lot of these pics came from rebuilds, hot rodders , car show. . Its good to take a peak at the engine compartment. I dont think when the narrator is talking about a flat head six fom the 30" s and it has 7.3 chromed BBS I think the average car junkies knows this.. Its obvious the narrator is reading facts, but the pics of them are 50-60-80 - years later. PEACE

[@JW...-oj5iw]

@@josephsmith7438 ... Is THAT your idea of competent writing? So many errors I lost count. Written communication requires precision. Otherwise it's gibberish.

[@josephsmith7438]

@@JW...-oj5iw Soooooo 1 misspelled word! No apostrophes in it's and that's and you could not decode or decipher the message? Or was it the automotive jargon that you had lost? Either way I hope you keep the planet better off as not fornicating to the point of bearing offspring.;-) Remember a condom is your friend.

[@josephsmith7438]

@@JW...-oj5iw Soooooo 1 misspelled word! No apostrophes in it's and that's and you could not decode or decipher the message? Or was it the automotive jargon that you had lost? Either way I hope you keep the planet better off as not fornicating to the point of bearing offspring.;-) Remember a condom is your friend. . PEACE

[@josephsmith7438]

@@JW...-oj5iw Soooooo 1 misspelled word! No apostrophes in it's and that's and you could not decode or decipher the message? Or was it the automotive jargon that you had lost? Either way I hope you keep the planet better off as not fornicating to the point of bearing offspring.;-) Remember a condom is your friend. . PEACE

[@jeeptrucklover72]

Oh, there’s no comparison of the El Camino to the Ford Durango. The El Camino was way better looking than the Ford Durango! The Ford Durango might be rare but I’d still take the El Camino

[@Johnnycdrums]

Compare the years of each together. Was the El Camino even around in 1979?

[@rogermccaslin5963]

@@Johnnycdrums '59 to the mid '80's if I remember correctly. When I was in high school a guy down the road from me had a '59 for sale for something like $500. I tried to get it from him but just didn't have enough cash. I tried to talk him down. I tried to get him to take payments. No luck. One day he called me up and told me he had another guy coming to look at it and if I wanted it I better get the money up. I only had about $300 so away it went. I loved the way that thing looked.

[@thomaswiker3471]

Did I miss the corvair pick-up

[@stevearmstrong4561]

A lot of inconsistencies but loved the video.

[@top.intel0]

Thank you! Can give me some suggestions? Where the video is inconsistent? I will tell it to my editor and script writer

[@stevearmstrong4561]

@@top.intel0 No problem.I lived these times and the history of many of these cool trucks.Still great video.

[@ClimptonDiddlehopper]

​@@top.intel0everything on the 78 Big 10 is bullshit. Flowmaster wasn't even founded until 1983...5 years after the 78 Big10 was manufactured if math isn't your strong suit like research isn't. Nor were 22 inch bullet aluminum wheels a thing until the 90's and weren't a factory option until well into the 2000's.

[@richardbaumgart2454]

You need to up your game a little for documentary's, your facts are a bit off and when you talk about something ...show what your talking about and not something different...i think you need to know a little more about trucks to make an accurate doc. I found many discrepancies in this video.

[@alm7707]

Guess none of what you say is believable. Most of the options you say were available on the big 10 like headers and 22 inch wheelswere added afterwards.

[@bayoumanbryan]

i personally cant stand slammed/dropped trucks that scrape the ground and i even more despise the "patina" look i guess that im that gripey old man at 60 y/o

[@victormena4147]

1968 f250 I wish I could find one.☝️

[@Johnnycdrums]

8:15 looks like a Ford small block 289 Hi-Po because of the valve covers.

[@briangodfrey7424]

Most of these are just unusual configurations of high production pickups. I drive a 2002 Tundra (bought new) with SR5, 4x4, AC, nice seats, V8 engine, automatic transmission, etc, etc. But it is one of the few "regular cabs" that were made in this configuration. Most 2002 regular cabs were stripped down basic 2WD/V6/5-speed versions. The dealer (in 2002) told me there were only two of them sold on the west coast that year. Recently, the parts guy at my local Toyota place said he couldn't find evidence of very many, if any. So it's probably more rare than most of the unusual configurations in this video and I doubt that I'd get as much for it as for an extended cab of that same year. (If anyone wants to prove me wrong, you're really going to have to stretch, because it's too good of a truck for me to let go of.)

[@southernokie3430]

Yes I got a 64 elcamino

[@JW...-oj5iw]

'64 Chevelles and El Caminos were the best looking cars in the decade. I'd take a '64 over a '65 any day.

[@jwfinley7808]

I drove a 1986 17 years❤

[@jwfinley7808]

S-10

[@Smarty1171]

The video doesn’t garner all the commercials in it.

[@wsbill14224]

You must be mistaken. If the Sky Ranger had a 4 litre V6 with 155 HP how did my 2002 Ranger have a 3 litre V6 with 155HP?

[@victormena4147]

The pt-7 reminds me of the dodge power wagon. Now that is the original monster truck. 🛻

[@hugoglenn9741]

Early mid 1980s small diesel pickups, especially the rare 4X4 versions

[@b.t.3780]

Big 10s were not that rare.

[@BTW...]

"..a breath of fresh air for truck buyers"... by avoiding regulations to reduce emissions and lead everyone else has to breath. Is this the authors mind set?

[@pearsooo6972]

Nice

[@twolitercupcake]

Pause at 14:32 that's one mean looking front end. F'n beautiful.

[@michaelcagle5938]

I wouldn't consider the Big 10 as rare.

[@invisableobserver]

whoever invented the fishing pole compartment was probably thinking about his wife

[@thomasstarr9011]

NEED TOO MAKE THEM .SELL GOOD.

[@rexbentley8332]

Tempo Matador kind of looks like the Corvair pick up of the early 60s

[@mikewarpula911]

What about the Dimond T pickups

[@solanaceae2069]

Willys, like Bruce Willis. Got it right the first time. Not "Willy's" There is no apostrophe. Man's name was John North Willys.

[@majorissues6604]

Umm... el caminos were the same size as ranchero's dummy. They NEVER used a compact platform for tbe el camino or the gmc Caballero. Do your homework and next time dont blindy regurgitate wikipedia.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

The first El Caminos were Impala based around '59/'60. They paused until '64 when they went to the Chevelle base for plenty of years.

[@Laserssafe]

This guy knows absolutely nothing, he even includes lots of the wrong photos in his videos clips, ...INSANELY a thumbs down.

[@Elektranoise]

There is another rare truck.... the Cybertruck 😂😂😂

[@top.intel0]

😅😂😂🤣

[@ferhatelklc5857]

❤

[@davidcrawford219]

Holy Truck 😂🎉

[@jimenz6548]

Why do you constantly put up pictures that does not match what your talking about!!!! Don't you watch your videos after you make them? To make sure they are correct!

[@robertscheinost179]

The Mercedes pickup? I need one bad.......!

[@johnq.customer8027]

What a bunch of BS! Facts? More like stupidity.😂

[@kelvenguard]

45 Years doing AUTO-BODY... I wouldn't call a Car with a Box a PICKUP TRUCK ??? we don't call a Station Wagon a RARE SUBURBAN !!!

[@bigredchevytruck]

An X member? I believe that is a CROSSmember. A human being reading it would know that an X member is an abbreviation. You don't read it that way.

[@briansawdo6245]

Big 10

[@peterhendricksen6946]

That's my nickname

[@jimmime]

@@peterhendricksen6946 Is that what she said?

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

Okay the little Ford Fairmont pick up and you said the Chevelle was a smaller car than the Ford ranchero. You're not even a car guy I guess

[@Robert-y7g2g]

Uhhh... (IMO) Missing Chevy Cameo (late 50's)

[@timgibson2070]

Wtf are you talking about at 11:54 with big 10 c-10s with 20/22" Billet specialties?

[@sadflute8639]

The 1939 Studebaker l5 coupe looks an awful lot like the chevy ssr truck

[@frankpriolo7735]

No, the Chevy SSR looks like they copied off the Studebaker.

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

Optional seat belt, only in America.

[@heftycat]

Offering a breath of fresh air...the big 10 without a catalytic converter....with leaded fuel...thats the most ass backwards notion I've heard in a while.

[@davidendricks3265]

Tax it and move along !

[@tylerbuckley4661]

Yes I have seen four two in vegas one was owned by imperial palace museum unfortunately it was auctioned off after the museum closed the other Danny from count ING cars the thumb nail vehicle that van truck and two in California

[@victormena4147]

I do not understand why the Sonoma get is no longer.?😢😮😮

[@jackaroyan2451]

Can't stand to watch..

[@queenslander954]

Yea mate , they’re Ute’s not trucks

[@thomasstarr9011]

MY HEART IS BEATING .O MY HOT 🔥 🔥 LOVE.

[@vDRACv]

I was hoping to see some Van-Up in this video What a disappointment How to spend a couple years trying to find a Van-Up I ended up just building my own

[@PauloRodrigues1138]

Delahaye voiture coloniale is a rare pickup truck.

[@VintageWheelsTV-36]

I drove a 1986

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

Ford F100 and F150 uni body was made till 1980's and used by the the Australian Government (Made in USA. for export) Came with 289 V8 or 302 V8, no 6 cyl, 2wd auto only

[@machocamacho1503]

clickbait. vehicle shown on thumbnail is nowhere in video

[@top.intel0]

Tempo Matador

[@user-surly]

Robotic narration