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My Dad loved them. I thought the cab/hood area killed them for me. Nothing flowed..

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I dont know if this has been posted yet but it looks pretty clean!
http://yuma.craigslist.org/hvo/4555658962.html

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That is a lot of truck for the money.

I can't believe CA is starting to pick on older trucks on the road, if I am understanding it correctly. First I've ever heard of it.

Bill

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If you haven't noticed , Bill...................There's an awfull lot of Petes and KWs listed in California because of smog rules.

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That is unbelieve-able. Nothing like the state of CA devaluating and drivng down the prices of these old great trucks. Guys living on the border states must be getting some great deals.

Hopefully they are not picking on trucks that run Historic Plates.

Bill

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...59612135_o.jpg
FB pic

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not from FB
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http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...psb3e1b9ef.jpg
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http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps32bb63d8.jpg

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sumtimes i wish i found a truck with those cars still on it parked in a barn somewhere and the farmer wanting 50 bucks for it if i take it with me now

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Top one is an Insured auto transport. Pulling from the Fremont ca plant.

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Great shot of James.

I just saw the one where he and his Dad were both chasing down a Semi driving Bobtail. They were driving a couple of IH's.

It also had a great shot of what looked like a GMC 7500 Tractor parked at the freight yard.

We're going to miss him.

May he Rest in Peace.

Bill

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I wonder if his truck survived through the years?
Greg.

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Yeah, that was neat.. One question about the one ton on the top left. Anybody ever seen a wheel like the one on the front? Almost looks like a super single type setup.

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Yep,R.I.P. Mr. James Gardner. You many many smile. And you could drive hrd while eating dirt,too! I sure would like to have that Stepside now! Never liked that store-bought stuff back then.

I was going to comment on the camera truck,too. The whole thing is baddass! Yep,those are widened Budds that were chrome plated. Can't be running out of site behind the camera on anything less than custom-made chrome wheels you know. That's the truck thing i love...pride in your work horse.

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This thread is absolutely amazing!!! I love semi's.

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I stopped posting pictures because I lost track of what me and others showed and it's too big to check. I went through my pictures and cided the ones "I don't think" I have showed and pretty sure no one else has. So,if any are repeats I apologize in advance.

'50s car (vehicle) haulers,while we're on them:

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Tim,

I've never seen any of those, but I'm sure none of us would mind a repeat anyway!!

That 's rare to see Mopars being pulled by a GM product in the bottom picture. The only time that usually would happen is if the car manufacturer didn't make a truck.

The top picture is a classic. Looks good enough to frame.

Bill

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The few of us on the semi page wouldn't mind any repost's
Probably wouldn't remember anyhow...

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That is a rare sight to see a GM Truck hauling Mopars. even more rare is to see a Dodge hauling GMs I'm sure! I never saw that till foreign cars came on.
You're right. Most here have "more matured" memories :lol:.

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If I had a place with more room I'd have been gathering up these old Jimmys over the years

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I like that 3rd pic, Center horn, pulling the reefer. Looks like a distant inbred cousin of the "duel" Peterbilt truck.

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That would have been a pretty cool "Duel" truck. I can just hear that sweet Detroit all through the movie.

Not to take away from the original movie, which was well done.

...maybe a Duel II ?

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A variety of Heavy Jimmys, hope none are repeats.

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It would look like w junkyard at my place if I had the room

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^ That would be me,too!

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I do have a junk yard, lol.

Mostly cars and a few smaller trucks though.

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I'm jealous. Here are some more car carriers:

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Impressive load of Corvettes !!

Some pretty cool trucks as well.

Bill

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Just recently GM is railing the corvette.

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So Vettes are loaded exclusively on rail at factory now? Dang,didn't know that. How about at the other end of the line? Driven? Hauled?

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Railed to a hub then trucked too the dealers.
And they're wrapping them up like audi/vw
Used to be trucked from bowling green.

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Special-K------Pic 740 of the COE Chev with 3 military Dodges is great for the era ! I had a Dodge WW2 ambulance back in the '70s, was gonna make it into a truck puller with 6V53. Friends advised me it would need complete running gear upgrade, so I sold and flat towed it to Mansfield, Oh. area. Over the years, I had components for 4 different types of pullers, but only experienced it once with my 9500 GMC.

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Glad you liked that one. I thought the same thing,too. I always wanted one of those Dodges in any form. I pulled a few times with a '69 W300 back in '77 when I first found out about pulling with trucks and things got so refined. I love to watch the pulls. Lots of black smoke at work (having fun)

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I love the old military trucks too, here is my '51 M37 doing my first truck pull (I rolled it over on the trails the day before).

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^^^Definitely not the 230 flathead six powering that beast!!!

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It does sound good.

What is under the hood ?

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5575/...0f99e0af_b.jpg


Rick Sousa pic

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Real nice.

It's also equipped with Sanders. Haven't seen them in a while.

Bill