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Car of the Day: March 15, 2015; Johnny Lightning '50 Chevrolet 3100 Panel "Boston Fire"
Topic Started: Mar 15 2015, 09:25 AM (424 Views)
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Car of the Day for March 15, 2015 is the Johnny Lightning 1950 Chevrolet Panel Delivery "Boston Fire"

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A panel truck in U.S. and Canadian usage is a small delivery truck with a fully enclosed body.[1] It typically has no rear windows in the rear cargo area and is a van built on a truck chassis.


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(Panel Van designs) ... appeared very early in history of light-duty trucking, the "delivery car or van was actually the first type of panel truck." A panel truck is similar in function to its smaller cousin the sedan delivery, a station wagon with no backseat and no side windows aft of the front doors. Both types of vehicles are frequently used as delivery vehicles.


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Panel trucks are often used by construction and maintenance contractors and were sometimes configured for ambulance and hearse roles. The evolution of sport utility vehicles can be traced to panel trucks, as the Chevrolet Suburban and GMC Yukon, as well as the International Harvester Travelall were passenger versions of these trucks. In modern times minivans have been adapted to some of these functions.


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For more info see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel_truck

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I've been a casual collector of this casting, so I was very pleased to find this one recently hanging out at the local grocery store...no doubt leftover stock from the last official round of Johnnys.

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JeepXJLover
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Minivan
I love this one. Well done casting and a believable old rig an old city may still have.
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pjedsel
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Muscle Car
:) A nice emergency vehicle from JL -
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
OMG, I think I may actually have this one in my collection.
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I love Panel Vans and this one looks really great :thumbup:
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Personal Luxury Car
Another Winner.
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