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...and sheep were nervous! :evil:
A hunk of iron from the past:
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That's when 'merica still built a truck!!!
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This is the year and style of what I learned to drive on growing up on the farm. Not much plastic to be found.
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GliderJohn
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Lovely patina! :drool:
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I’m finding many folks under the age of 30 have no clue about how to drive such a vehicle. Both my daughters had to teach their boy friends / husband how to drive a clutch. That wouldn’t have occurred when this Mans Truck rolled off the line. Alas the good ol days.
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Love old vintage trucks like that!! :thumb: :cool: :wink:
Fast forward to 2019, where one can have a "custom" truck built like this for between $160,000-$330,000 :shocked: :shocked: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: (...seen at the annual Barrett-Jackson car auction a week ago) - - "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous!"
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Airbags? Heads-up display? Lane-keeping assist?? Entertainment center??? Whut r them things??
All I need is my heat slider, my big ol' ashtray, a Texaco map, and a hanger for my CB mike...you'alls gone soft!
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Oh, but I don't want to drive my classic in the snow....it gets all icky! lol
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Nice! I leaned more Ford, or Dodge, but I do really miss the old real trucks... that reminds me... I really need to dig out the old 74 powerwagon I got sitting out back....
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Beautiful! No computer, the one my father taught me to drive with had the start button/switch on the floor. :thumb:
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Up until '99 when I bought my 'yota my main rig was a '56 Chevy truck, 3 on the tree, 6 banger. The vacuum wipers were a real treat. Sold it and paid for most of the '99 Toyota with air, power windows, even FM!!
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Back when a GMC was more than a rebadged Chebby.
And I don't get the perceived "need" for all the electronic geegaws that do nothing more than provide a distraction.
Cool old truck!
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Man I don't know , having driven those old trucks fro, 1970 until about 1981 , there is know way I am going back to those things with no brakes , no A/C , windshield wipers that only kinda work , rag joints in the steering mechanism that when worn out make the steering , er , vague , ball joints that pop out , tie rod end that break (I have a story about that) , and rode like a buck board .
Oh , forgot to mention how the shift linkages would stick in one gear requiring a blow from a hammer . Yep , the good old days .
Dusty
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My next truck
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A crusty old farmer neighbor when I was growing up had an early 50s Ford PU. It has the cover in the floor to get access to the master cylinder. He left the cover off and used the hole to to spit his chewing tobacco. When he later upgraded to a 60s vintage he cut a hole in the floor since it no longer came with one.
GliderJohn
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Man I don't know , having driven those old trucks fro, 1970 until about 1981 , there is know way I am going back to those things with no brakes , no A/C , windshield wipers that only kinda work , rag joints in the steering mechanism that when worn out make the steering , er , vague , ball joints that pop out , tie rod end that break (I have a story about that) , and rode like a buck board .
Oh , forgot to mention how the shift linkages would stick in one gear requiring a blow from a hammer . Yep , the good old days .
Dusty
The brake was the pedal in the middle.
WWs worked fine, a good reminder not to lug the engine.
Vent windows were better than AC.
Someone should have told you to grease the balljoints.
Rides like a truck, cuz that's what it was.
The pedal to the left was used for shifting and starting/stopping :rolleyes:
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Man I don't know , having driven those old trucks fro, 1970 until about 1981 , there is know way I am going back to those things with no brakes , no A/C , windshield wipers that only kinda work , rag joints in the steering mechanism that when worn out make the steering , er , vague , ball joints that pop out , tie rod end that break (I have a story about that) , and rode like a buck board .
Oh , forgot to mention how the shift linkages would stick in one gear requiring a blow from a hammer . Yep , the good old days .
Dusty
I traded in my 1988 F250, straight 6, 5 speed manual, bench seat, that rode like it had concrete in the tires, air con barely worked, for a new 2013 F150 with, not quite all the geegaws, but a lot of amenities. I have no desire to go back. I do a lot of traveling in my trucks and this new vehicle is quite a pleasure to drive.
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Back in the day, trucks were used as a tool. Not a status symbol.
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LOVE my '17 F150. very comfortable. I'm done bouncing around in an old POS truck.
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Back in the day, trucks were used as a tool. Not a status symbol.
Hah! B.S. Vehicles have always been seen as status symbols for their owners... Shoeboxes full of fading photos of preening young dudes with their shiny trucks are proof positive.
Hell, my dad *Still* talks about their canary yellow Chev pick up truck in the 50s. Sure, it was used for work... but it was *absolutely* a point of pride.
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LOVE my '17 F150. very comfortable. I'm done bouncing around in an old POS truck.
Ehh. Same charm to that old truck as there is to that old motorcycle...
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Back in the day, trucks were used as a tool. Not a status symbol.
Dunno , my Nissan will do more real work than any of the '50's Chevy trucks I owned , and I don't have to deal with those silly canister oil filters . Oh, and the brake pedal is still in the middle :laugh:
Dusty
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Would love good old metal doors and vinyl floors. Just can't get them like that anymore :(
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Would love good old metal doors and vinyl floors. Just can't get them like that anymore :(
The sound of those doors closing. The overall solid feel of them. All good memories. I'd love to get my hands on an old 60s or 70s truck, just for banging around the grid roads and tinkering on.
In a perfect world, it'd be an even older Willys Pickup... but those don't pop up for sale too often. I have fond memories of bouncing around in a old Willys as a kid.
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Nostalgia is a beautiful thing but at every Guzzi event I go to, hardly a carburetor can be found, much less from a time zone away.
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Nostalgia is a beautiful thing but at every Guzzi event I go to, hardly a carburetor can be found, much less from a time zone away.
I don't get the carb hate. We used them for decades... a well tuned carb works just fine, across time zones even.
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I learned to drive in a GMC 6 x 4 truck. The farmer we did haymaking for had bought some war surplus stuff. Including the GMC, he also had a couple of Canadian built Foird V8 pickups. Fun times. :thumb:
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I can't get my head around buying a new truck that costs more than the house I grew up in.
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Dunno , my Nissan will do more real work than any of the '50's Chevy trucks I owned , and I don't have to deal with those silly canister oil filters . Oh, and the brake pedal is still in the middle :laugh:
Dusty
Yeah, OK. You think in 57 years from now someone will be saying, Gee, I wish I could buy a Nissan like yours still? 🤣
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Ehh. Same charm to that old truck as there is to that old motorcycle...
The old bike is my hobby, not the truck. I can load the bike in the new truck and ride to Colorado in air conditioned comfort and still feel like riding : )
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Yeah, OK. You think in 57 years from now someone will be saying, Gee, I wish I could buy a Nissan like yours still? 🤣
Dunno , my neighbor keeps trying to buy it from me for way more than Gliderjohn sold it to me for . Remember , it was only a few years ago that hardbody Nissans were incredibly popular with young folks . Heck , can't think of the last time a '50's vintage PU came cruising by . I do know where a '55 Chevy A body has been sitting for years , it did run when parked , it just wouldn't stop when you wanted it to :shocked:
Dusty
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Wow, talk about style over substance!
I grew up with trucks like that, most of my early driving beside lessons was on big Ford flatbeds with flatheads. I had a 56 Chevy half ton, too. Learned how to repair damned near everything on Land Rovers.
Now consider that those flathead Fords were only 20-25 years old, and my first Land Rover was only 20 years old when I bought it. And most normal folks would have thought they were clapped out even then.
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Dunno , my neighbor keeps trying to buy it from me for way more than Gliderjohn sold it to me for . Remember , it was only a few years ago that hardbody Nissans were incredibly popular with young folks . Heck , can't think of the last time a '50's vintage PU came cruising by . I do know where a '55 Chevy A body has been sitting for years , it did run when parked , it just wouldn't stop when you wanted it to :shocked:
Dusty
Yeah I'm sure it a mighty fine little truck. And if you chained it back to back with that GMC the sparks it would leave from being dragged down the road would be real purty. :laugh:
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Wow, talk about style over substance!
I grew up with trucks like that, most of my early driving beside lessons was on big Ford flatbeds with flatheads. I had a 56 Chevy half ton, too. Learned how to repair damned near everything on Land Rovers.
Now consider that those flathead Fords were only 20-25 years old, and my first Land Rover was only 20 years old when I bought it. And most normal folks would have thought they were clapped out even then.
My first car was a 1950 Plymouth Club Coupe , it was only 19 years old when it came to me . The thing was ancient , carb float was stuck every morning , brakes were shot , it wandered around on the road like an armadillo searching for grubs , it leaked when it rained , and the exhaust system fell off . It had 70,000 miles on the odo . The Nissan PU is now 22 years old , 125 K miles , and doesn't feel old at all .
Dusty
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My first car was a 1950 Plymouth Club Coupe , it was only 19 years old when it came to me . The thing was ancient , carb float was stuck every morning , brakes were shot , it wandered around on the road like an armadillo searching for grubs , it leaked when it rained , and the exhaust system fell off . It had 70,000 miles on the odo . The Nissan PU is now 22 years old , 125 K miles , and doesn't feel old at all .
Dusty
Do nightmares keep you awake at night? :shocked:
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Think I was about 12 when my father showed me how to repair carbs.
At 14 I worked in a garage doing brake jobs, oil changes, tune ups, etc.
Those older cars were REAL complicated.
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Man I don't know , having driven those old trucks fro, 1970 until about 1981 , there is know way I am going back to those things with no brakes , no A/C , windshield wipers that only kinda work , rag joints in the steering mechanism that when worn out make the steering , er , vague , ball joints that pop out , tie rod end that break (I have a story about that) , and rode like a buck board .
Oh , forgot to mention how the shift linkages would stick in one gear requiring a blow from a hammer . Yep , the good old days .
Dusty
Yeah, bummer, cupcake....you'll have to put your cell phone and latte down and untie your man-bun to drive this baby! :laugh:
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My ranch truck is a '69 international 3/4 ton 4 wheel drive pickup with a compound low gear and 411 rear. I rarely drive it very far on public roads as it gets about 9 or 10 mpg at 65 mph. (392 V8 and has 2 big gas tanks).
Its part of the family. Very usefull in the bush.
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A friend of mine had that same truck! It was a beast :grin:
No one pulled out in front of him, that's for sure!
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Yeah, bummer, cupcake....you'll have to put your cell phone and latte down and untie your man-bun to drive this baby! :laugh:
We better stop, Dusty's face is getting red :embarrassed:
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I like looking at old vehicles... :grin:
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Do nightmares keep you awake at night? :shocked:
No , but that '50 Plymouth did , in fact I had to sleep in it once during a really bad T storm because the ignition system drowned . I coasted to a stop and laid the seat back ,because we weren't going anywhere .
Then there was a 1956 Chevy PU , 265 V8 , 3 on the tree , manual everything , including at times the method of starting it . Let' see , carry the 1 , it was only 15 years old with about 50K on the odo . Where to begin , hmm , well , an axle broke going about 45 MPH , felt something , then heard something , looked in a side mirror and the left side rear wheel and tire seemed to be sticking out more than usual :laugh:
Dusty
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hmm , well , an axle broke going about 45 MPH , felt something , then heard something , looked in a side mirror and the left side rear wheel and tire seemed to be sticking out more than usual
Yeah, who put that boulder in the middle of the road? :shocked:
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I'll keep my American made Truck ;-) :evil:
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This geezer Americun Male Ride.....a different kind of haulin'
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I can't get my head around buying a new truck that costs more than the house I grew up in.
I can't either :cry:
But I did buy a 2014 F150. I may reply with some of the things of my 1962 F100 262 6cyl with 4 speed with granny first. Talk about patina.
Tom
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Think I was about 12 when my father showed me how to repair carbs.
At 14 I worked in a garage doing brake jobs, oil changes, tune ups, etc.
Those older cars were REAL complicated.
I have driven an enormous amount of miles over the 30 years of my business. Never once had to fix fuel injection. Or points, plugs, grease the suspension..
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I have driven an enormous amount of miles over the 30 years of my business. Never once had to fix fuel injection. Or points, plugs, grease the suspension..
Great, that leaves you plenty of time to play with your x box. :wink:
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Nice! I leaned more Ford, or Dodge, but I do really miss the old real trucks... that reminds me... I really need to dig out the old 74 powerwagon I got sitting out back....
Down in the Antarctic 1971 / 72 season , the Americans at McMurdo station used to drive Dodge Power wagons with big balloon tyres - I think we had one at Scott base as well. They seemed to be a good truck back then.
My old dad always said "If you can't afford a Dodge - dodge a Ford"
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Down in the Antarctic 1971 / 72 season , the Americans at McMurdo station used to drive Dodge Power wagons with big balloon tyres - I think we had one at Scott base as well. They seemed to be a good truck back then.
My old dad always said "If you can't afford a Dodge - dodge a Ford"
Maybe at one time, you can hear the newer ones rusting, even over the exhaust sound.
The recall affects 270254 2009-2012 Dodge and Ram 1500 pickup ... 270,000 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup trucks recalled over wintry market rust concerns
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Down in the Antarctic 1971 / 72 season , the Americans at McMurdo station used to ...
Whoa, haven't read many sentences starting like that. The fam and I just finished the BBC's "Frozen Planet" documentary series last night. You want to see real men acting like real men? Check out Kolya men collecting sea bird eggs from a 300' cliff hanging by some dental floss in Chukotka Eastern Siberia. That's when they aren't harpooning 3000lb walruses from a dingy. Things get serious real fast at the poles. Rock on folks.
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I had old junk for many years...This was circa 2000...I built all the trucks from piles of junk...
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I sold the trucks one by one and then got into old Willys stuff, about 2005...The Cherokees in the background we still own
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My wife in the 47 CJ2A
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Sold my 68 Chevy K10 a few years ago...original 4 speed 4x4..
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Having fun in the old Willys...
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Rough Edge racing, don't know your first name, but damn, those are some pretty pictures! :thumb:
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Rough Edge racing, don't know your first name, but damn, those are some pretty pictures! :thumb:
Tony...Thanks...I had a few old trucks that are not shown above....
I built this mid engine thing for the friend who rides my race bike.. It's made from 1930's Ford stuff and pieces of whatever...It runs and drives ok.
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And the double engine Triumph land speed racer three years ago....Yeah that me...
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And the record holder land speed racer...
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Tony, you wouldn't happen to do drag racing at Lebanon Valley raceway, would you?
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Tony, you wouldn't happen to do drag racing at Lebanon Valley raceway, would you?
No, I have never been there. I drag raced bikes a bit in the 1970's near Rochester NY..I'm not actively doing the land speed racing right now..But I have a plan for using a modified Buell 9R engine in the 1000cc pushrod gas class...
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No, I have never been there. I drag raced bikes a bit in the 1970's near Rochester NY..I'm not actively doing the land speed racing right now..But I have a plan for using a modified Buell 9R engine in the 1000cc pushrod gas class...
Ok, I see your up near the Great Lakes, the Valley is pretty far away from you.
I used to run a dirt car in the Valley, back when, then watch the drags next day.
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Ok, I see your up near the Great Lakes, the Valley is pretty far away from you.
I used to run a dirt car in the Valley, back when, then watch the drags next day.
My stepdad was a stock car racer back in the 50s there.. I raced drags for a few years in the late 80's. Still go once in a while. Its only about 20 min from me.
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My stepdad was a stock car racer back in the 50s there.. I raced drags for a few years in the late 80's. Still go once in a while. Its only about 20 min from me.
Better than NASCAR, that's for sure. :thumb:
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Any of you kids remember Model A trucks? First sport truck, it would go places that a modern four wheel drive couldn't. You could get stuck so far back in the bush that about the only way to get it out was to dissasemble the truck and carry it out. It's why we had horses....
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Any of you kids remember Model A trucks? First sport truck, it would go places that a modern four wheel drive couldn't. You could get stuck so far back in the bush that about the only way to get it out was to dissasemble the truck and carry it out. It's why we had horses....
I heard those stories...I also know from experience a proper 4x4, with tall skinny tires can go where the Model AA truck is stuck and pull it out, lol..
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I don't get the carb hate. We used them for decades... a well tuned carb works just fine, across time zones even.
Just stating what I see. Not 'carb hate'.
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Heck my father was driving a Model T truck ( I believe called a TT) in the orchard where he worked.