Virgil Exner turned well-known for the model he added to Chrysler Company automobiles. However, from 1957-59, he added a few of that model to Dodge pickups and known as it the Sweptside. A kind of automobiles, a 1959 Dodge Sweptside 100, is our Decide of the Day. It’s listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a dealership in Rogers, Minnesota. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

In 1955, Chevrolet launched the Cameo Provider pickup (with GMC producing the same Suburban Provider), a truck that may very well be described as receiving the automotive remedy because of slick, stylized fiberglass rear fenders. If a Nomad dreamed it was a truck, the Cameo wouldn’t be far off. The look was completely fabulous, however they weren’t large sellers.

Nonetheless, the Chrysler Company felt the necessity for a trendy workhorse in its steady. Dodge’s Particular Tools Group developed a particular mannequin by integrating rear fenders from the two-door Dodge Suburban wagon onto Dodge’s long-wheelbase half-ton pickup. The entire transformation required work to make all of it match however, with some ingenuity, new trim items, and two-tone paint, the newly christened Sweptside was a mode success when it was launched mid-year 1957.

The 1958 brochure bragged that “the good-looking Sweptside 100 now presents you even extra in the way in which of attention-getting model . . . extra of a ‘passenger automotive’ experience . . . extra of all the pieces.” For work or pleasure, the Dodge Sweptside 100 pickup was a robust rival to the Cameo.

This 1959 Dodge Sweptside 100 pickup incorporates a two-barrel 318 V8 paired with a three-speed handbook on the column with hydraulic clutch. The vendor says exterior has been refinished in two-tone Vista Inexperienced and Sand Dune White paint. “The metal field, which is tucked behind the distinctive Sweptside rear fenders, together with the metal rear tailgate and painted wooden mattress, are in fantastic form,” provides the vendor. The inside, together with the painted sprint, door panels, carpeting, and headliner, are additionally in positive situation per the vendor.

Likelihood is fairly nil for somebody to be doing a little hauling with this Dodge Sweptside, however a properly restored instance doesn’t current itself to fans typically. Maybe the $79,995 performing worth could appear slightly stunning, however have you ever priced the extra widespread Cameo currently?

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