The last faint echo of the pontoon fender era. I blame the Willys MB.
Short term, the box shape led to Ford kicking their postwar design to the French and going to the Shoebox Ford. But on a longer scale, the CJ got it's fender flares.
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An interesting case is the 1950 Studebaker truck.
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Earlier models are clearly a stepside. Is this a stepside or slabside bed?
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