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I read that the company that owns Checker (yeah, the taxicab company) plans to re-introduce a 6 door car and a pickup truck. Using the same basic molds from before with updated safety features. GM powered. Should be interesting. I always liked the look.



Could this be your new El Camino Dwight?


https://www.hemmings.com/blog/index.php/...018/?refer=news






Gotta say here Steve, that link to that Checker "El Camino" looked like something one might find in that farcical "news" website "The Onion" or maybe even right out of one of those old Mad magazine articles about "future products", doesn't it?!

Seems you remember how much I loved my old '69 El Camino, eh?! And so, along those lines, and while that Checker thing didn't do a thing for me, there was always a vehicle like this, an updated version of 'em anyway, that I always thought would be kind'a cool to have....and one which I'm sure Paul down under there would be very familiar with...

The General Motors owned Holden company's Ute here...




And of course while it isn't what Rich has been talking about here..a decently priced and decently sized work truck..I remember just before GM dropped the Pontiac brand, there was talk about bringing this Holden Ute over to the states and re-badging and selling this sleek rear-wheel drive baby as a Pontiac.

(...and I thought that that was a cool idea)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)