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Mecum Auctions is selling off an antique truck lot this week, which you don't see that often. I clicked through the 79 trucks in the lot, and while many of them look unusual, this one in particular jumped out at me:
That's a restored 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside, one of just 10,787 made that year. I'd never seen a side-loading ramp on a pickup before. The slope looks too steep to roll anything heavy up or down, and if carrying something on it, I think that'd be murder on the ankles; I think they should've gone with stairs. In any case, these kinds of auctions are more about novelty than function, so I imagine it will sell for a pretty penny.
If old, weird trucks is your thing, there's more to see here.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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A Rare 1961 Chevy Pickup With a Side Loading Ramp
I had a '62 Corvair 2-door coupe for a while when i was in college. LOVED IT. the Rampside is definitely rare and super unique, but they show up at car shows every now and then. terrible design, but totally cool!
The Lane Motor Museum in Nashville has the aquatic version of this van. If you want to talk about poor design, notice that the throttle controls for the propellor are located in the bed of the truck. https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/chevrolet-corphibian-1961