GM engineering called the "generic" design a "suburban pickup" ..... in literature the Chevy was given the name "Cameo Carrier Pickup" ..... the GMC version was generally called a "Suburban Pickup" [to differentiate it from the already existing Suburban], but the name was originally "Town & Country Pickup" .... the 4 page Popular Science April 1956 writeup on the \'new\' 56 GMC Town & Country pickup , discussing the styling questions of the day grin

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics