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:lol: When I first went to work at the local Chevy dealership right out of high school, I was doing detail work, and new car receiving inspection. I had a small lot to get those vehicles parked on, and being a skinny kid, I parked them as closely as possible, but I could still squeeze out. We didn't have lines to park between and we also parked some used cars on that same lot. I went in to work one morning and one of the salesmen (who had a respectable belly) bawled me out because he couldn't get into a car to pull it out for a demonstration ride. I was enough of a s*** to tell him he should eat less steak. :devil:

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Our local paper always has a “remember when” photo from 50 years ago

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Just happened to notice this at a local museum today - posting here for lack of a better idea.

Looks like an oem pickup belt repurposed back in the day for use on a milk stool by a local dairy farmer.

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Banks used this Panel for testing their 500hp SBC twin-turbo. They had it doing 13.2 sec/116mph 1/4 miles on pump gas with 3.73s.

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It also looks identical to the seat belts in my 69 GTO.

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I've been looking at early pictures of Omaha and found this from 1967. Anyone local remember Hospe's Mr Music?

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[QUOTE=special-K;8658309]Banks used this Panel for testing their 500hp SBC twin-turbo. They had it doing 13.2 sec/116mph 1/4 miles on pump gas with 3.73s.[/QUOTE

Holy cow, 116 mph in the 1/4?! That’s a mid 11 second truck with traction!! AND that thing probably weighs at least 4500 pounds! That’s one impressive running truck for the time....

Steve weim55 Colorado

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5,200#. I found that article, and now can't of course. It didn't mention the year but I know it was a while ago. I'll guess it was late '70s-early '80s.

I found it:

https://official.bankspower.com/maga...evival-part-1/

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Here is a picture of sometime in the 70s in Phoenix with a GMC.

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I pulled these from a Facebook Post and have no idea of the details. All I know is they did a super job attaching the trucks to the rail cars.

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Hmm. Is it just me or does that suburban have 20" transport wheels?

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My 72 SWB 4x4 Super "OL GOODN" and my 60 Impala mid 80's era

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My old 60 Impala

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Almost Twinnz's!

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:whine: Shoulda been D****s or F***s!

The trucks are chained down with some serious chains,as I recall.

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Pam back in the day. Notice the how much rust is already growing above the window. This is likely Jungle Jim's C30 tow rig. (A 69 or 70 I believe)

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What rust? ;)

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:lol: What TRUCK!?

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My high school car, about 1972.

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Another great vintage shot of a C10/20 to bump to the the thread to the top. Hopefully no one is offended by a couple of foreign cars being in the photo.

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I must confess....it took me a while to find the truck.

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Who cares about the Truck! Cool thread for sure!

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There was a truck? Hmmm... I need new glasses......

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Ohhh yeah....its behind the trees & big hair:lol:

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because of the trees, right??!

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No, the limbs in the foreground! ;)

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Trees?

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Ditto lol

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I'm all about the stars and stripes...especially, in this photo :)

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Super bird behind the GMC?

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Even though it was right for the time doesn't that Superbird look out of place there? It was some sight.

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You post the greatest pictures, but never with text and that sucks. We enjoy a little information here :cool:
Funny, what I noticed was the car turning in front of it being the only '50s car in the picture. Never did pay any heed to those goofy "birds"
They looked out of place then and now and always. They really were out of place on the track. They really stretched the rules on that one. Production car :haha:

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I remember back in Norfolk VA back in the 80's there was someone who worked at a security guard company that drove a Daytona to work every day. I only saw it driving once but I wasn't close enough to see who was driving it.
It was primer gray with new stickers on the wing. Those headlight covers hadn't weathered very well though. They were very warped.
The day I reported for duty in Groton CT on the cab ride from the airport to the base we passed a sublime green one parked next to a garage with 3 foot high weeds around it. The next day I hopped in a cab and told the driver I wanted to try and find a car I had seen the day before. So the cab driver drove me around for about an hour until we found where it was. Was is the key word. In the 24 hours or so since I had passed by it someone had pulled it from alongside the garage. It looked like it had been parked there for years and I missed it by one day. That was 1981. Okay enough Mopar talk.

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Regarding the photo in post by SKT, I can make out the wording on the big red signage on the right hand side of the street, House of Bargains. That may help in determining where it may be. Also note the "Holiday" decorations so would suggest maybe around Thanksgiving or Christmas. To me it really looks like it may be a Texas town.

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Great batch of photos.

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Kent State, OH

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CORRECTION....Edison Lake!