Hi everyone:
When is the 1st crew cab produced?.
I have seen a sales catalog says 65, but I have seen lots of crew cabs pics on the net ranging from nearly 57 on,

 

Dodge in 1963 Ford in 65 and GM in 73 for US manufacturers. Toyota made a 4 door in 1962

 

You need to differentiate between factory and custom. A lot was done by custom carriage makers before it became a factory option.

 

I think 1953 was the first year of the VW Double Cab.

 

my uncle made onein the 40s

 

Very helpful info, thanks to you all. I will search in the 1965 Ford sales brochures, it has some facts.

 

I have seen pics of Coachbuilt crewcabs as far back as the 1930's, could very well have been some produced even earlier, but as far as the North American "Big Three" (GM, Ford, Dodge), I can only speak to Ford, and when one FTE member posted a scan of a 1965 Ford Factory Sales Brochure for Crew Cabs a year or so back, that pretty much verified much of what I had been reading prior to that point......

1965 Ford Truck memorabilia / 1965 Ford Sales Flash newsletter - Crewcab | FORDification Factory Literature Library

The site below (and another with a similar url that I cannot recall ATM), has info on hundreds of coachbuilders going back to before the motorcar, if you dig, there is some crewcab stuff in there.

Coachbuilders, Coach Building, Coachbuilt Cars, Coachbuilding History, Encyclopedia, American Coach Builders & Coachwork, Carriages

**Crown & Stageway were two of the bigger players in late fifties well into the sixties....

 

Ford introduced their first Crew Cabs mid year 1965, the 1965 and earlier Crown Coach conversions have exposed rear door hinges and different rear door upper window frames.

 

"the 1965 and earlier Crown Coach conversions have exposed rear door hinges and different rear door upper window frames." Ford smartly built them from F250's and F350's not F100's. The rear doors are cut-down front doors.
Like my '64 Crown conversion. My dad bought it in '65 from the person who ordered it through Elsworth Harrold Ford in Sacramento.



'64 F100 CrewCab