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Is that line still running? Is that truck in service? I never noticed those long windows in the cab sides on any Freighliners.
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Nv. Willig closed down Oct. 1995, found a YouTube from 1990 from Sparks, Nv. with the window on the side. I would say it was a late 80's. I worked at the Sparks terminal from 87' to 89', I believe had a couple of Freightliners with the window in the side.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e24fhXLqvg |
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That's a well preserved example, then. Cool to see what we saw everyday now that they are gone. All the fleets with all their colors and patterns was such a cool thing to see... that I never fully appreciated till now that they are gone. I started really appreciating fleet paint jobs when I didn't realize the smaller companies had started being bought out and merged. Then those companies folded or just went with a boring scheme, like white with a touch of the old colors in a stripe. Now I keep remembering the companies I used to see that are now gone. I hate to see it.
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Nice Pic... Blast from the past. I worked for Roadway now YRC. Looks like the new owner of that , museum piece...
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We Had these at my old Company. Everyone has seen them. But you had to drive these stripped down uncomfortable, back breaking, sweat-boxes, that you had to climb into in a pitched enclosed dock. They had no steps and in an angled dock [most were because of drainage] you had to step on the thin wheelwell to get in. When they switched to the Louisville models the injuries went way down.Do I sound upset ? You bet your Bippy...We survived though most of us were from good stock
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I drove a C-model straight box truck once. My buddy had a rafting company and hauled rafts from take-out back in it. This was in the West Virginia mountains. Take-out was down in a ravine at the end of an abandoned road along the river. Had to cross an antique single steel truss bridge over the river. I mean, only rafting companies and folks looking to fish used this bridge. I think everyone 'assumed' it was safe. Not driving every day for a living in one, but that was hairy driving down that old washed out dirt road through the woods and over that bridge... both ways!
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Vintage Iron at an auction near by Tuesday. '60 B61 Mack, 53 Ford F350 V-8, Mack Hubcaps (got them)
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Decent looking B.
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Ahhhhh, yes...... a flathead...... what a sound!!
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What did the F350 look like?
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I have a thing for the old 1t pickups... the Big Boys! I'd love to have a mid-50s version from each mfgr.
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Can't leave Studebaker out
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I stop at the 3/4 Ton. Have 2... :gmc2:
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I'd "settle" for a 3/4t. Yours are bth really nice. I have always hoped to have some sort of vintage chore boy like this, or a flatbed... or both, all tippy top ready to take into town for supplies.
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So very nice
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Dodge L series roll back and old Power Wagon I chanced upon while in VT, on route 107 near Rutland
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A bunch of nice rides! Gotta love the Ivo rig.
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A pair of D 700's.....
Both same year.... but the Goo$e put the next - year grill on his. ( I helped restore the white 'Cuda, some years ago in Orange County, Ca.) Not the truck..... it was found later. |
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The yellow truck was originally painted in STP colors & used by Richard Petty before it was sold to the Snake.
From what I heard ( I won't divulge the source )..... Even though the trucks are history, ....the interior cab had at least as much..... "history"....:metal: |
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Very cool. The real trucks! Must be '67s and the one has a '68 grille. I had a '69 W200, which was first year for new hood but same grille as '68. Mine ended up with '68 sheet metal (cab and hood). My first frame-off truck
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Next time someone says the 67-72 GM Trucks had rust issue you need to point out how old they are and rust happens to everything. That '69 Dodge cab was rusted out in '77 when I bought it. It was originally a 7up green color and had already had a repaint in '77 when I bought it. It was only 11 years old when I restored it, including a cab swap. Fords rusted before the GMs, too. The 67-72 GMs held up better than the 73-78s around here. dodge did built the badass 4wds back in the '69s though
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600 in El Mirage.
Forgot to mention the powers that be gave me another awesome bit of iron. #818 |
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A new one? How many do they run? Looks good!
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Funny how all the way over here I would have no idea of them. That sounds like a solid company, I'd say.
I found more of my friend's C-series Ford "Hangman" in pictures of his place. We just finished putting a new roof on his shop and time for the ventilator |
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^^^His wife is probably like, "He'll find any excuse to play with his toys....;I told him that roof needed to be done in 2007."
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:lol: Girlfriend now and she has her own place. Not too shabby
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Using The Hangman on a honey-do job. Chuck had plans to build a half-pipe for his son out of this cut-up fiberglass tank. Never happened and now Kate needed some shelter for her firewood she keeps in this old outbuilding foundation
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We did both sides. I want them to do a real post and beam frame on the high side so we can do a roof across the middle. Have it all dry in there with room to split if need be.
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The Hangman gives me the willies just a tad. I won't go into the details of the story and clutter up this thread, but lets just say that not remembering to latch the cab down can make for a very thrilling ride in the hills. :lol:
Back when I was searching for a dump truck I found this '64 Pete with a Cummins big cam transplant for sale. Out of immediate necessity (2 days to job start) I ended up buying a Western Star locally, but man...I really wanted to head to Montana and check this baby out. |
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