The square body truck was a microcosm within the greater history of the lovable pickup truck. It was essentially an era where Chevy — and later other auto brands — made trucks that had a square body.

Having lived most of my life in the high-performance hot rod industry, I was a little miffed the first time I heard the term square-body truck some years ago. That's strange, I thought. Kind of like ...

Pickup trucks have been a significant part of the automobile market pretty much since the moment Henry Ford rolled the first Model TT off the production line in 1917. Those first pickups were modified ...