Talk:Panel truck

Panel truck vs panel van

This article describes the panel truck in a manner very similar to the panel van. It would be better if it could show the differences between them. Is it the vehicle height? Is it panel trucks being based on a heavier duty chassis while panel vans are based on light duty chassis (Australian panel vans from the 1970s were typically based on cars). Perhaps there is no difference and it just comes down to marketing terms - in which case it should be merged with panel van.  Stepho  talk  22:40, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

At panel van, "panel truck" is described as heavier and using a truck chassis. Which makes the inclusion of pictures of the VW T2 and the Chevrolet HHR here problematic.  Mr.choppers | ✎  19:11, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

This article seems to concern a very narrow description of a pickup truck-based panel van; I support merging with panel van.  Mr.choppers | ✎  19:19, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

I agree with the idea of merging. To the average reader, both vehicles serve the same purpose and the primary difference is whether it shares its chassis and styling with the maker's pickup trucks or its passenger vans. --Sable232 (talk) 00:24, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

If the articles are merged, canopy express should be included as well since it's simply a variation of the same concept. --Sable232 (talk) 01:11, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

The canopy express trucks are more of an offshoot of the panel trucks. The same way that the Chevrolet/GMC Suburbans, International Harvester Travelalls, and Dodge Town Wagons are offshoots of panel trucks from those manufacturers. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 11:23, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

In Australia we see canopies for both types.

For car based utes: http://www.carryboy.com.au/holden-vevf-ute-2008-2013/

For pickup truck based utes: http://www.carryboy.com.au/all-new-hilux-2016/  Stepho  talk  21:52, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Soviet panel truck-like Bukhanka cars

If I remeber correctly, UAZ's Bukhanka (UAZ SGR platform) does only require category "B" driving license; the license to drive a "regular-sized" car. That's why I believe Bukhanka is smol enough to pass as a pickup/panel truck and not a "regular" truck. 81.89.66.133 (talk) 14:15, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

• It was really inconsiderate for Mr. Choppers to delete my subsection by simply claiming "usual vandal Zerolandteam385". Was it WP:IDHT? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.89.66.133 (talk) 08:56, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Please stop vandalizing panel van and panel truck and so on.  Mr.choppers | ✎  13:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

I take you have a point, but not any time to elaborate on it. Apparently, from your perspective, panel trucks are supposed to have a bonnet while UAZ SGR is a "Cab over" car thus not fitting the criteria. Am I correct? 81.89.66.133 (talk) 13:38, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

The UAZ is indeed a panel van, but there is absolutely no need to mention every single panel truck or panel van ever built, or to have subsections by nation unless there is some sort of interesting distinction.  Mr.choppers | ✎  14:52, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Ah. OK, then. Thanks for taking your time to answer me.

To be honest... From my perspective, UAZ "Bukhanka" is interesting for 3 things.

1. It's a 4x4 truck, designed in 1965, looking like something from 1956, yet 20XX Russia still produces it. How cool is that, a retro vehicle still in production, because "ol' reliable";
2. Its antique (over 50 year old) design is a useful perk for, say, Siberian countryside (easier to fix without new spare parts, a village welder can fix, patch up most of the damages for cheap);
3. It looks like a proper "classic panel truck", not a rectangular box. Even its "Bukhanka" name is a nickname: it literally means "loaf of bread".

Again, thank you for answering. It's up to you if UAZ may or may not stay in the Panel Truck article. 81.89.66.133 (talk) 15:05, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

OK, screw it. UAZ "Bukhanka" is a historical vehicle, but panel trucks in their own style are quite a separate piece of Occidental, Western history. So, I think I understand why you didn't want to mix those two. 81.89.66.133 (talk) 11:40, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

• I still don't understand how posting pictures of UAZ Bukhanka was a "vandalism" though. 81.89.66.133 (talk) 12:16, 3 June 2024 (UTC)