…truck you have ever know or owned?
For me –
I can’t decide between my ’57 chevy stepside or the ’59 chevy long bed fleetside.
Those trucks had character! I still trun my head when I see one sauntering down the road
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'72 Chevy Vega. Could carry about 200 of bagged salt, sand, etc on the hood. Didn't even need to strap it down.
(Didn't try to carry anything in the trunk because that's where I kept about six cases of oil.)
I had this '75 Pacer. Sweet! Excrement brown color. Put a lot of miles on it!
You should have had a Corvair. They saved space by putting that engine in the trunk so it would be close to the oil.
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That's what I had before I bought the Vega.
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47 studebaker
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Studebaker trucks were works of art.
My own favourite was an International Scout II, 1980. Not real smooth looking, but ungodly tough.
Ron
Depends on the model, I think. I know some of the Studes from that era (or maybe a little later -- early 50s) were fairly attractive, in an Edsel sort of way.
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49 Dodge - an old milk truck (1-ton dualie) that I put a wood flatbed on Also swaped the rear end for a 2-speed one out of a Studebaker - droped right in, pins lined right up to the holes in the springs - sweet! Flathead 6, curved corner windows, yellow body w/black fenders & running boards. Sigh...
I hope you have better taste in women
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I have a 95 Ford Econoline extended van. Its been my favorite. I've only had one new one in my life...this one. I don't get around much...48,000 original miles on it : )~
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As a topic, its near and dear, but I'm hard pressed to name one. I think I have to just give honorable mentions. My first bosses truck.
A 78 Chebby. Sturdy, simple, clean. It was a great example of American made.
A 72? Jeep J20. It weighed in right next to a Sherman tank, it had electronic lockers front and rear, and you could drag a battleship up the side of a tree with it. You could have your accelerator under water and still go forward.
My current, which I really dont ever want to part with, an 01 350 crew, long box, diesel, . . . and lots of aftermarkets. I'm definately in love with it. It has no bells and whistles in the trim department. Everything is all for going forward. I don't know how amphibious it is, but for pulling, it's right up there with the J20 anymore. Perfect.
Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
I drove a 82 Jeep j-1o, staight 6, 4 on the floor, it was a beast. Had a set of air horns on the hood from a 48 foot Viking... damn that was loud! We spray painted it black by hand, and I used almost 15 yards of fiberglass to repair the rust damage. Loved that truck, no a/c and something went Kablooey in the engine. Mechanic said it would take 1-2K to find the problem. On a 500 dollar truck.
Traded it in for a T-100 that I love.
Jeffjmmmm
I think it's full name is "1964 Ford Falcon Econoline Club Wagon van." My dad bought it new, and it was set up as a camper, with a pop-top. Dang, I loved that truck.
One of the best things in later years was that all engine work is done from the inside - a plus living in the Pacific North Wet...
Ours never looked as good as the one in the photo.
Phat
I remember back in the day, when everything was shiny new. Now, instead of being polished, it just kinda chafes.
'52 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup.
All original-216 c.in if memory is anywhere clear. Vacuum wipers. Original radio and one tail light. Had about 50,000 mi's on it when I got it. Should have kept that truck.
Same age as my wife. A good year that's for sure.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
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LMAO. I had the '65 back in "76-78..I went thru the windshield at 60 MPH.
240 6CYL, C4 Tranny. I put a 289 in it around late '77, then a VW beetle left turned in front of me and I T -boned her..tossed me out ( lucky, cuz the steering wheel was buried in the drivers seat) and I rolled up onto my feet backpeddaling...and just then the drivers side door hit me and knocked me down...them was a death trap if ya had a seat belt on.
That was a cool van tho'." I press my lips against her name"
My wife has a 2000 Dodge Dakota R/T. 360 V-8. 29,000 miles. Looks good and is fast. Probaly not really a truck as some would say with a 7' bed.
'63 GMC and '67 Datsumtruck. Still drive both.
'48 International. The only truck I've owned, had to sell it when I got married the first time. No syncronized gears. Red with black box and fenders.
Nice grillwork if I remember the right era.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
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Yeah, if I remember right it was horizontal slats and I think they were painted--it's been a while. The windshield opened somehow too, if I remember correctly. Cast iron cylinders that rattled when you started it in cold weather. Creeper gear first gear that allowed it to pull well from a start. Thing I remember most is if I couldn't get it to go into a gear while driving--like going up into third, I had to coast to a stop and start over. Had to double clutch going up the gears and double clutch and give it more gas while in neutral going down the gears. Made driving interesting--kept your full attention on what you were doing--no texting or drinking coffee while driving that vehicle!
My current truck- 2000 F150 XL- It's beautiful cuz it's PAID for.....<G>First we get good- then we get fast !
Oh man, it was a '47 Ford Woody...canvas roof over wooden stays, it was a great ride 'til one of the doors rotted off<G> Outside of the gates the trucks were unloadin',
The weather was hot, a-nearly 90 degrees.
The man standin' next to me, his head was exploding,
Well, I was prayin' the pieces wouldn't fall on me.
Why didn't you just build a new door?
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After searching for several years, finally found my truck.A 1990 F150 XLT Lariat with 300CID EFI engine with A4OD tranny.
Original owner with 66,400 miles.
2WD regular cab with 8' bed.
Switched the engine and tranny to Mobil-1 after buying it.Wanted the 300CID engine but with fuel injection.
62 half ton stepside dodge- old forest service truck,slant six three speed paid 50 bucks for it drove it for 5 years till drivers door rusted off, still in use today at a local race track as a push/ crash truck. Then bought a 61 Falcon station wagon rebuilt it and had it painted PLUM CRAZY purple with a picture of spooky painted on the back"Casper the ghosts cigar smoking freind, man what a acid ride!gave it to my oldest son to travel to collage and haul surf boards around in --he did more surfing than school at the time.
Mine is a 1980 J-20 pickup. 360 V8, 4 speed, granny low, 8 lug axles. It was sitting for about 1 1/2 years with 2 flat tires when I got the key for it. Started right up.It plows better than my 88 Chevy dually 1 ton.But..............it's time to give it up. I've been using it to plow my drive for the last 4-5 years. Not road worthy right now. I've had this truck for over 15 years, it's not gouing to be easy to give it up, but it's soon going to a guy that has another he's putting back together. Here's my daughter with her Cherokee, me and the J-20, and my grand daughter Makaylsa and her Jeep. Rod
1979 Ford pickup! Love that front end! Was my first truck for my business. Bought it with 179000 miles and put another 100000 before the clutch went . I junked it at that point though it still ran well. I always said I would get another and "trick it out" one day! But there is too much golf to play out there!
I'm a 79 Ford guy too.
Have owned quite a few.
Here's the last one I had. Just sold it a few months ago.
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I miss her already, don't miss the gas mileage though. I don't remember ever passing a gas station with it. Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
I agree that the '55-'57 Chevy is one of the prettiest trucks ever, although there were a lot of nice looking trucks in the past...'47-'53 Chevys, '56 Ford, late 1930s Internationals, WWII era Dodge Power Wagons. There's a guy around here who has an unrestored 1940 Ford pickup in near mint condition, boy would I love to have that one. Anything newer than about the mid 1970s or so just don't do anything for me, I think they should look and drive and ride like trucks. ;-)
I own a '66 Ford F-100 that I like very much. I still have my very first truck as well, a '58 Tonka...got it when I was two years old.
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there one of those, two houses up, foor sale $800
1) 1937 1 1/2 ton Ford Dump truck.
Flat Head v-8 with dual point distributer for a power plant.
2) 1947 Studebaker
Posi- trac rear end. Knicknamed the "Goat" because of it's climbing
ability.
i wuz married in 74, in 76 bought a 72 chevy onehalf ton pickup, Green and white, 350 , auto, 1500.00 bucks 90 bucks a month, I layed awake at night wondering how i would make this big payment We drove cross country 2 times and me and my young bride had that truck as our only home for 6 months. It never let me down. I dont have the truck anymore but i still have the wife, 6 more payments and shes all mine
You break the gauge on my laughometer with some of those things you throw out there. You and Brown bag
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'61 Chevy panel truck...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Was that a straight six?
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yup...
ran on 5 though...
and took 50 weight...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Piffan
1932 Diamond T street rod..
Followed closely by a 1932 ford Roadster pickup street rod.. that one was so sweet because of it's honesty. All steel orginal body channeled over a dropped frame with Buick aluminum finned drum brakes all around.. dropped front axle, Halibrand quickchange rear end (the proper V8 one not the later bigger champ rear end that is so common).
Flathead with three carbs and all the vintage era stuff. The paint was orginal well worn but beautifull patina black. the seat was a real blanket job over an orginal bench seat. Plywood floor boards and an 8 ball gear shift knob on the tranny. Evan the radio was a proper vintage era tube type AM which had this wonderful sound to it that modern radios will never get..
Old school from beginning to end, made me lust in my heart.
I'm sorry. I had to jump in on this. My husband says I'm obsessed. This is my "new to me" truck:View Imagethat I got just last week. 1989 K1500 extended cab with full-size bed. I kept telling my husband, "What good is a truck you can't put a full sheet of plywood in?" First thing I did was get the bed sprayed:View ImageI've never had a new vehicle either. But then again, I've never had a car payment either.
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Could you post a pic of that 70?? chevy in the background;)
I saw her first!You sure it isn't a '69?
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Gonna change your name to ChevyCindy
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Jeez Louise.....I'm only 42.
I'm only on truck #2 fer cryin' out loud.
Current is a bute. 05 Ram 1500.
J. D. Reynolds
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OK, a quiz -- who can identify this quote? (No cheating with Google or IMDB!)"I've seen more of this state's poor cowboys, miners, railroaders and Indians go broke buyin' pickup trucks. The poor people of this state are dope fiends for pickup trucks. As soon's they get ten cents ahead they trade in on a new pickup truck. The families, homesteads, schools, hospitals and happiness of Montana have been sold down the river to buy pickup trucks!... And there's a sickness here worse than alcohol and dope. It is the pickup truck death! And there's no cure in sight."
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
What? No one recognizes the quote? I'll give you a few hints:It's from a 1975 movie.Starred Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston, and featured Slim Pickens.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
Don't know, but my favorite P/U line is from the Steve Earle song Someday, from a decade ago -
I got a job and it ain't nearly enough,A forty thousand dollar pick-up truck,That belongs to me and the bank;Some funny-talkin' little man from Iran . . .
But someday . . .
Forrest - with a $400 pick-up truck, for 14 years now
Been at least 20 years since I saw that movie. Didn't even remember Sam Waterston in it, but I remember Jeff. Vaguely recall him enjoying the fruits of a young lady when her Dad busts in and Jeff puts a large caliber bullet into the doorframe near Dad's head to indicate that the old man should leave.
My '69 3/4 ton GMC. It was a beautiful beast. 305 cubic inch V6, Spicer axles, a real truck trany, oak bed that was flat when I bought her and and stayed that way for the seven years I had her. Tangled with a locomotive and drove away. She could pull anything! I demo'd a garage with it just to prove a point to three guys who said it couldn't pull it down (they were taking it down anyways - I'm not too crazy)
Not a truck really, but my 82 toyota FJ40 landcruiser.__________________________
Judo Chop!
My collection of 5 pick-ups.
Kind of hard to pick just one truck, there are so many beautiful ones. Here's one with a nice pair of hooters.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
Dat's one to drool over! For sale?
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Here's my favorite - my daily driver for 11 years - semi-retired now - side ramp lets down to access the deep bed - with the tailgate down you can haul 22' material - a great truck - View Image
I've also had a '52 International L-110 - a good utility truck/wood hauler - 4 on the floor w/granny - traded it in on a '51 International L-130 with stake sides and a dump bed - very similar to dad's truck I grew up with - still have both of them - dad's is under roof awaiting someone with ambition - mine is moldering outside - sad - but emblematic of what happened to me when we started having kids -
I used to have a car and a girlfriend, and now.....
"there's enough for everyone"
How many miles to the quart do you get in that Rampside? (I remember having a Tonka version as a kid.)
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
How many miles to the quart do you get in that Rampside?
there were/are no oil leaks of any signifigance associated with the Rampside - no drips/spots where it was/is parked -
now, I realize this is not the most common situation associated with Corvairs, but with modern (1970's) materials (viton O-rings/valve covers) there is really no reason to tolerate oil leaks - replacing the valve covers and o-rings takes an evening and 3 beers -
front and rear crank seals are a bit more problematic, but in my wrenching prime I could have have the powertrain out of the vehicle in two hours - about 3 to put it back -
my OCD tendencies came to full fruition during my Corvair era -
"there's enough for everyone"
Well, the 67 Corvair I used to drive went through an awful lot of oil. Not much leaked -- it all went out the exhaust.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
Not much leaked -- it all went out the exhaust.
well, Corvairs are subject to all the wear issues of internal combustion engines - rings, blow-by, valve stems, plugged pcv valve, etc -
a corvair engine in good repair runs very smoothly for a long time -
"there's enough for everyone"
I suspect it was oil pumping through the rings in the HO configuration that was the problem. Yeah, could have had the engine rebuilt (if I had the money), but there was only about 85K on it.I do have to admit that it was a pretty reliable vehicle, and fun to drive.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
Not for sale, Piffin. It was in a car show. I was taken with those ample, silky smooth curves, buff body and she was horny, too!Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
I always liked this truck - Tim Allen bought at Barrett-Jackson in 2003, then it was in Hot Rod. It's called "Full Noise".
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Forrest
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49 Chevy, gonna get another one someday.
Almost took this one for free last year, but wife was uninspired. Not even sure what make it was, but it did time with the Portland F.D. ( Oregon, that is)
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Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
It belonged to my dad...but it was mine to drive.
1939 Plymouth pick-up. Nice grill.
Later on...not beautiful, but rather cute:
1958 Morris Minor pick-up.
When I drove it to high school, it was never where I parked it when school let out because my buddies would pick it up and carry it around the block.
Of course! It **was** a "pick-up", after all.(Saw that done with a VW once or twice. That about as exotic as cars got in our neck of the woods.)
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
Well the little tiny engine looked like a Singer sewing machine, and sounded like one, as well.
Kinda like hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
And it continues to run...lol
It belongs to my brother now, in Chicago. He generaly keeps it in his garage as he usually uses public transport.
it was never where I parked it when school let out because.......
Were you my Jr High wrestling coach by any chance!
We had to take a shuttle bus over to another building for practice - while waiting for that bus to show we would move our coaches Morris. Always tried to wedge it so that he couldnt easily get out, make him late for pratice.
Doug
one of out HS art teachers drove a little MG.
he didn't have much of a sense of humor, so he stopped driving it to school after the first coupla months.
but he did live in a house with a huge front porch!
and very wide steps.
so for 2 "devil's nights" I know for a fact ... and probably more after that ...
his little car ended up replacing his porch furniture.
took way more guys that we first thot ... it was a terraced lawn ... had to get up 2 6ft terraces ... then up the steps ... but it got there.
following year ... we had to wait till about 5am ... as he was up and ready.
What threw the cops off ... no one squealed ... and it took a combo effort between the jocks and the burn out ....
the perfect crime!
plus ... the furniture was nicely arranged in his parking space each time.
Jeff
always wondered how he got it back off the porch. Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
btw ... that kinda knowledge can be useful in the future.
coupla years ago we left a night club and instead of waiting in the long line out the main parking lot exit ... I decided to drive my wife little Olds Calais "over the curb" and across the adjoining lot.
This was at the back of the main lot ... no lights ... but we both could see that far exit across the adjoining lot next door ...
so since ground clearance was minimum ... slowly up one side of the 4 or so inch curb ... then slowly down ... and down ... and down.
I slowly drove her front tires off a 3ft retaining wall!
front wheeel drive ... no backing up.
there was a gym in that parking lot ... luckily a bunch of mexican boxers came out to help. And as the bouncers from the club were tellin g my wife it was impossible to move the car ... me and the boxers lifted the front end as she shifted into reverse and slowly gave it gas.
Rolled right back up ... absolutely no damage.
even the cop who drove over to "see if we needed help" ... was impressed!
if I hadn't moved a car twice in HS across a lawn and up stairs ... I'm not so sure I woulda had the bright idea to simply lift it up.
Knowledge is a valuable too ... good thing I did all that extra studying in HS ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Kinda reminds me in a way of something I saw one summer day while working on a campus job. A large piece of equipment (some sort of press for the CE lab, I suspect) had been delivered and needed to be moved into the building. About 15 professors were gathered about, puzzling over it and trying to fit a tiny rubber-tired trolley under it to move it. Of course it squashed the tires flat. But they spent a good 20 minutes discussing how to do it anyway, before giving up and putting in a request to the "bump and grind" folks.But several of us students were looking on laughing -- even as out of shape as some of those guys were, if each had simply put a hand on the thing they could have easily carried it.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
59' Chevy Apache
I have an absolute irrational crush on the old toyota landcruisers, soft top, crazy roll bar. Oh yeah. One day when I am king of the world I will have one.
Yeah, they were the "in" thing for about 15 minutes during the early 70s, IIRC.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin