Coolest classic pickups Published on June 15, 2016 in Top 10 by Mathieu St-Pierre Pickups are the backbone of North American industry. It’s safe to say that they’ve played a critical role in shaping our landscape, and the world that surrounds us, as we know it. Despite essentially being nothing more than workhorses, many of them are true works of art, at least in the eye of the beholder. Over the last hundred years, countless pickups have the seen the road and the field. It’s impossible to narrow them down to only 10 but we did it anyhow. Here are 10 of our favorite pickups, listed in alphabetical order. 1956 GMC pickup .