The little blue guy here looks oddly familiar to U.S. truck enthusiasts until you get to the Fargo-like grille. Apparently, Bedford in England used the dies from Chevrolet/GMC Advanced Design-era pickups for a while, then shipped the dies off to Opel, which produced the Blitz version of the pickup through to the early 1970s. I think I may have to seek out one of those someday.

And, of course, I couldn't go without reposting BLB's photo of an early Unimog. For elucidation purposes, the Unimog's history apparently goes back to right after World War II, when first Erhard and Sons, then later Boehringer built the Mercedes-engined tractors. Mercedes, which developed the concept of the Unimog, didn't take over production until 1950.

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