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best photos in the thread!

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Brian

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Great pics! Thank You. Like a time machine for us that remember such scenes. Would love to go back in time with the 54, visit that store grab a .50 roast beef sandwich and a cold .10 Pepsi then fill the tank with .16 gas and head down the road.

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One more for 1970. Friends and family inspecting the 54 down PICO RIVERA,CA when you could walk the street unarmed. Thats a brand new 1969 Toyota Corolla in the driveway my dad bought from directly the singer Frankie Lane (rawhide song) when he had a toyota . Front of girlfriends 64 289 4 speed mustang. 2 weeks after pic truck was parked for a year at Nellis AFB while i got to meet (and help kill) interesting folks in Vietnam.

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What a story that truck and you have. Thanks for the details, awesome stuff.

Brian

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In 1970 the truck got the name "George" by a beautiful ex LV showgirl turned Baccarat schill/"escort". She spoke the language of the mafia. George meant "ok or coast is clear" Tom meant "bad or cops are on to us". What she saw in me or truck i'll never be sure. Truck is family and even in the Trust. After 50+ years and 10+ girlfriend there's even more interesting stories that can't be printed here.

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LOLOL your truck was damn near brand new when you got it! Is that wild, it was only 16 years old! HOLY CRAP, that's like a friggin 2004 Silverado today! When I got my 48 it was 25 years old in 1973!

Brian

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May have said before my Uncle got it from Edwards AFB in 1964 when it was 10. USAF used to surplus out vehicles at 10 years. Doubt he paid $200 for it and the hydromatic still working when i got it. He used to drink a bit and why there's a big telephone dent in the front.

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Yep there's an AD out there. :D

Brian


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3rd row in 4th from right 53? GMC. All looks familiar to me.

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dang vintovka, your rough on trannies :lol::D
good looking pics

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Check this out, this is the building I work in now. The window all the way to the left by the door is my office. I love walking around this place, the wood floor in part of it is original and it is so cool. Up stairs and below in the basement it looks like parts were stored. I is so cool looking at these old shelves thinking that there used to be parts for a truck like mine sitting there. That tow truck in the photo and the pickup behind it are what I have in my garage. Very cool indeed!

Brian

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Rough on transmissions, but evidently smooth with the ladies ;-)

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When I started working on cars, Model A's were about 35 years old. Now our trucks are TWICE that!

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Driving back from CostCo yesterday morning, and my youngest son says, "There's a rust bucket truck behind us". It was in the right lane, I was in the left. I moved over to prepare for a turn up ahead, and the person driving went to the other lane. It had a really ratty paint job that could be on purpose. License plate said "RUST BUC" :lol: I'll try and get a pic, next time I see it.

Pic copied from Post #41 and cropped to show the one it looked like.

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I detest trannies.

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Why the truck seat was wore out in the drivers side and the middle.

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From a GM Motorama, is this cool or what!

Brian

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I'll take the one in the background.

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Truck in back looks like it has beaded fender welting on back side of front fenders. I don't think I ever saw that where it looked convincingly factory.

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Good eyes!

Brian

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Camping at the Arctic Circle about 25 years ago.

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How about this one! Yeow!

Brian

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By the looks of her eyes I’d say it was her head that smacked that windshield. OUCH!

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now that is funny, thank you for that comment

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Hmmm... Gas at $1.59. Were you thinking that was pretty expensive? Most everything else up there seems to cost more.

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Just your average day in a farm community. :metal:

Brian

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That photo was taken today in Idaho, right? :lol:

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LOLOLOL Honestly I will see a tractor going down the street once in a while. That and dirt bikes, quads, I see them all the time on the street, I love it!


Brian

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Wouldn't be surprised. I ride a road bike out in the farm country here and get stuck behind tractors regularly :)

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54 hauling gl-ass?

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Ok..........

Brian


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This looks like a man in woman's clothes and a woman in man's clothes!!

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Wow, they're just getting better and better!

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