Suburban

This GMC-badged specialty pickup was a short-lived, low-volume companion to the Chevrolet Cameo Carrier, aimed at buyers who wanted a more stylish light-duty truck than a conventional workhorse. It debuted for the 1955 model year and was initially known as the Town and Country before the Suburban name was used. The truck shared the Cameo’s idea of a smoother, more carlike pickup, with distinctive rear styling, fiberglass rear fenders, and a premium appearance that set it apart from ordinary GMC trucks of the period. Production was limited and the vehicle was never a mass-market model, which makes surviving examples especially interesting to collectors today. Its run ended after the 1957 model year, giving it a brief but memorable place in GMC history as one of the brand’s rarest postwar pickups. The name should not be confused with the long-running Chevrolet SUV of the same era, since this GMC application referred to a pickup variant rather than a full-size family wagon.