It was more of a "show truck" than a concept by GMC that showcased the 1957
styling. The one styling point that was on the Palomino that did make it into
production in '57 (but on the Chevy) was the chrome & painted bed trim. The
GMC Palomino had it on the upper edge of the bed, whereas the production
version on the Chevy was moved down a bit. GMC had a picture of this truck on
their website back in '96 or '97, and I printedit out. Pretty sharp!!!
Roger Roslowski
Lawrenceville, NJ
Chevy & GMC Truck Admirer (for now!)
In a message dated Mon, 15 May 2000 7:36:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dcvjrv@flashcom.net writes:
<< It is my understanding that GMC made a 1957 truck
<< called a Palamino and it was used as a concept
<< vehicle and never produced. I also spent quite some
<< time looking for this vehicle a couple of years
<< ago. Supposably it is in a GMC museum somewhere in
<< the Detroit area, but I have not been able to
<< locate it. Let me know if you have any success.
<< Jim V.
At 02:52 PM 5/15/00 Monday -0500, ROGER GLEASON wrote:
>> Anyone ever heard of a truck called a palamino? I
>> thought they made them out of the el camino probably
>> of the GMC vintage... Let me know what you know.
>> Rogerg
>> 51-3100 AD Huckster
>> Lisbon, Connecticut
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