This very rare 1959 Chevy Suburban NAPCO 4×4 is one of the feature attractions at this weekend’s Mecum Houston auction. Get all the latest car biz news in the Executive Briefing.
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+ The United Auto Workers union has asked Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) to testify at an NLRB hearing regarding the recent VW election. More at The Detroit News.
+ Dodge will unveil its restyled 2015 Charger and Challenger models at the New York Auto Show next week. More at Car and Driver.
+ American MotoGP rider and two-time World SuperBike champ Colin Edwards says he will retire at the end of the 2014 season. More at Cycle News.
+ General Motors has placed two engineers on paid leave as part of an internal investigation of its troubled ignition switch recall. More at the Detroit Free Press.
+ Toyota will recall nearly 6.4 million vehicles to correct steering and other defects in 27 Toyota models. More at the Chicago Tribune.
+ Visteon has secured $800 million in new financing, including a $600 million seven-year loan and $200 million in revolving credit. More at Crain’s Detroit Business.
+ Chevrolet is reportedly working on a second model of the Volt extended-range electric car with greater range and a lower price. More at Motor Trend.
+ Australian V8 Supercars driver Russell Ingall was fined $15,000 for calling series officials “dopey idiots” following the Winton event. More at the Sydney Morning Herald.
+ Two rare Chevy NAPCO 4×4 trucks will cross the block at the giant Mecum Houston collector car auction this weekend. More at Autoweek.
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I think the NAPCO Chevrolet trucks are very nice looking trucks, however, the mfr.’s claim of “smooth riding, high speed, over the road trucks” is a bit misleading. We take for granted the 4 wheel drives of today, but the NAPCO (and Ford’s Marmon-Harrington) conversions were in fact, rough riding, hard steering, slow, wandering all over the road beasts. We’ve come a long way in 4X4 development, but these trucks were best in a field or dirt road, at 15 mph.
I agree. I never rode in a NAPCO but the old Jeep pickups of the same time were unusable on the highway and best crawling acoss a field.