Although we at Diesel Power only care about diesel-powered pickups, it’s important to know our roots, or at least know where it all came from…
The first pickup, built by Ford, was called the Model T Runabout With Pickup Body. Ford only built a little more than 30,000 units that year.
Chevrolet’s first pickup was built and released in 1931. It was coined the Independence Series. Sounds American huh?
Too bad it took nearly 50 years to get the first diesel-powered domestic pickup, but most of you know that that honor also belongs to GM.