Nowadays, the term pick-up is more likely to conjure up images of muscular American versions, or purpose-built double-cab machines with room for all the family. Yet, it wasn’t so long ago that manufacturers routinely built pick-up versions of their most popular models, becoming street furniture during the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.
To celebrate this phenomenon, we’re looking back at seven of the most memorable examples, and one you probably won’t recall. Which would you choose?
MORRIS MINOR (1953-1972)
Brilliantly served by clubs and specialists, instantly recognisable, plentiful in number and still affordable, the Morris Minor has long been a definitive classic. It first became available in 1948, but it wasn’t until the Minor had entered Series II guise that a van and a pick-up would be offered, going…
