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February 14 2016

Did Run When Parked: 1955 Powell Truck

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Powell, Ran When Parked, St Valentine's Day, Truck 5

Another St. Valentine’s day special: Back in 1930s the Powell brothers (Hayward and Channing) were producing motorized scooters, but after the war they tooled up a pickup truck. The Powell truck was assembled in Southern California and rode on rebuilt ’40/’41 Plymouth sedan chassis with six cylinder Mopar engines. Find this 1955 Powell Truck (#1514) […]

March 25 2014

15k: Giant Pez Dispenser: 1956 Powell Sport Wagon

DailyTurismo Uncategorized El Camino, Powell, Snowman, Sport Wagon 5

From 1954 to 1957 a small enterprise in Compton, CA called Powell Manufacturing Company built a vehicle called the Sport Wagon. It used a 1941 Plymouth chassis…no really, each Powell was built on a used 1941 Plymouth chassis that had been reclaimed from a junkyard with a new steel body was plopped atop the used […]