1968 Pontiac LeMans Safari/El Camino Sport Truck - One Of A Kind
In 1967 Gordon Theisen was the owner of Adirondack Auto Sales, a Pontiac dealership in upstate New York. Gordon sold plenty of GTO’s and Firebirds but did not have a product for customers desiring a sport truck since Pontiac did not have a truck in their lineup. As the demand for trucks steadily increased Gordon’s dealership and many others in the region urged Pontiac to build a truck to fill the demand in the market. After getting no result finally Gordon decided that in 1967 his dealership would build one to be presented to the president of the Pontiac Motor Division to show him that it could and should be done.
Using the chassis of a 1967 Chevrolet El Camino and many parts from a Pontiac Le Mans Safari Wagon including a 350 V8.
Obviously the prototype didn't convince the execs at Pontiac to put it into production.
The last time this vehicle was shown was in 2015 by Bring A Trailer and bidding was to start at $49,000 but I don’t know if it sold.
I would have bought one! That looks cool!
ReplyDeleteBut no white wall tires, that is blasphemous on a truck!
DeleteI love it. I probably would have put white letter Coopers on it. And you're right, white walls are just wrong on a truck.
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