Your Chariot Awaits

Steve took me out to brunch today, a local place we go maybe once a month. Good food & service; Steve always gets eggs over medium and I usually get an omlet. Today I had spinach & feta cheese -yum!! On our way out of Peach's we walked past this car that was parked near us. It looked so cool, I had to take a photo! It is a Chevrolet El Camino - 1972, we believe. When Steve looked up the information for me, I had to laugh because I have a number of blip friends in Australia! Here's what I found: 

"Ford Australia was the first company to produce a coupé utility as a result of a 1932 letter from the wife of a farmer in Victoria, Australia, asking for "a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays". Ford designer Lew Bandt developed a suitable solution, and the first coupé utility model was released in 1934. Bandt went on to manage Ford’s Advanced Design Department, being responsible for the body engineering of the XP, XT, XW, and XA series Ford Falcon utilities. General Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden also produced a Chevrolet coupé utility in 1935, Studebaker produced the Coupé Express from 1937 to 1939. The body style did not reappear on the American market until the release of the 1957 Ford Ranchero."

Just something different and fun for you today. It is quite hard to believe, but I am finally caught up here -wow!!