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Great trucks. That Chevy B model is great. That spot just might be the most popular spot for photo shots of trucks.

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I think it's an 80 and I agree 64. That spot, Lebec, CA is popular but not even close to most popular. Ron Adams shot (and is still shooting) photos at his spot along I-78 in PA for more than 50 years. Well into the hundreds of thousands of photos.

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I live not too far from 78 in PA. Which photos might you be referring to?

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Here's one of Ron's GMCs. He has written many books and has hsd photos in magazines. He lives in Lenhartsville and has been collecting truck photos and other stuff for 65 years. I can say he has more photos and more original truck photos than anyone in the WORLD.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8607/...89df671e_b.jpgGMC 9500 short hood on I78 by Dick Copello, on Flickr

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S.E. Rykoff. Used to see those mint green trucks all over Southern California. Rykoff was a big restaurant supply outfit, eventually became part of U.S. Foods. The had a lot of GMC's, and many were Toro-Flow powered. Rykoff had their own in-house fleet maintenance department and they were known to be very fastidious. That fact coupled with the delivery type service in which Rykoff used their trucks explains why they were one of the few fleets that actually liked Toro-Flows!

Now if you could find a shot of a Von's Grocery propane fueled HM-7500............

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I think Chevy called those an 'E-80'.

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Yes, 1964 diesel was an E80. Lighter, gas models were L-models, L60, etc.

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Yeah, I wasn't sure about it, that's why I put "B" in parenthesis, lol.

It would have been nice if both Chevy and GMC always used the same Letter designation.

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I guess I've been looking at his pictures a long time but never paid any mind to them being in the same place. He surely has taken more and for the longest time. That spot on the Grapevine is the most familiar one for me, maybe because I've made that drive a lot, good memories when I see it. I said just might be since I can't speak for all.

Pretty sure this has been shown but I thought I'd toss it in with the rest as a nice example.

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Cooool. That is a retired Roadway Linehaul Tractor...

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https://bangshift.com/bangshiftxl/19...-trucks-great/
found this commercial on bangshift

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Thsee are cool

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Interesting picture of a truck obviously in the development stage. Notice the date on the bottom of the picture (9-22-64). Goes to show how early they started on them. Also notice the small Chevy script in the Grille, which they never ended up using. It's the same script that they used on the Grille of the '65 Impala. They also changed the Grille style a little. It is a cool picture.

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Could be the same one or 1 of 5 anyways great photos

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Such a nice rig. That prototype is neat. I wonder if it's clay.

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Wow, South American (Brazil/Argentina) Chevy Super Brigadier! I think they actually built them down there.

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looks like it has some tire deflate inflate system too

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I figured you'd pick up on that one. I think you are right about them being built down there.

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One word. Lust

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Look what I found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgBP6gW0pw4

Great music!

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I for one, really appreciate all his photos taken back in the day, especially in color. And others as well, who took the time to capture history before it disappears. If you really think about it, there really is a small window in time that these trucks were everyday sights on the road. I wish here was someone out there that took period photos of pickups as well.

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I think anyone who likes looking at old trucks appreciates the pictures he took, even if they don't know who is is from the internet.

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Not to mention all the money and time to develop all of those photos

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Yep, digital cameras brought out a lot more photos in the world. I took more pictures on film than anyone I knew. Talking in general. Yet, I have relatively few photos of my trucks and many I never took any pictures at all. I also have pictures that didn't come out well or deteriorated from storage or got damaged. I remember people asking me why I took pictures of my vehicle. It was in no way a common thing. The expense and effort inhibited it's use by many. That's why insta-matics were a success.

The only two pictures I took of my '61 Champ I restored in the late-70s. And I remember my girlfriend asking me why I was taking them that day

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GM heavy hauler

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Nice Studebaker. You don't see many around anymore.

Also a pretty nice Heavy Medium under it.

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Thanks on the Champ. I combined two to make that one. I tried really hard to find the narrow bed, but had to get it put together. That was right after it was done. I put wide steel wheels painted same yellow with '60 Galaxie caps w/o any logo

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=...2CkIqAM&adurl=

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Speaking of not taking pictures, a C75, w/366 and 2 speed rear, with a flat bed dump, got me into the excavation business. No telling how many yards of dirt that thing hauled for us. It was dependable easy to drive and cheap to operate. I basically owe my current world to that truck and a Kubota tractor.

I said easy to drive. I ended up trading it for a 71 Cheyenne Super because the young bucks couldn't drive a 2 speed rear. They pretty much destroyed a good truck because they didn't want to drive it.

I owned that truck for twenty year's but I don't have any pictures that I know of.

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its prolly why a lot of busnes owners restore there first truck or machine they used to start the busnes

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For me it was a '71 K/20 307/4spd/4.57s I paid $1k for. I ran that all over, fixing it up as I went. I welded up ladder racks and put a pair of used Reading high-side boxes on and I was in the siding business in '82. Other guys were buying new trucks making payments while I was making profit from day-1. I always gave credit to the Big Bad Green Siding Machine for my success. It also got me known for the guy with that badass old Chevy that got around on the swampy lots with no problem, where others guys had just another truck. I built a '95 K3500 as a tribute to it

I know I'm getting into the little 4 wheelers in a real truck thread, but they were commercial duty. I did take a few pictures of those, but not many. I'll add a bigger truck to keep us straight

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RE: Reading side boxes

I wonder when the first metal side boxes were made.

My dad and uncle were in the remodeling business in KC in the fifties. They built Their boxes out of plywood.

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Reading set up shop in '55. But I remember most guys making their own from wood, side boxes and saddle, into late-70s, including me.

Man, just yesterday I come up behind this heavy equipment mechanics truck at a stop. Peterbilt utility body all set-up, red as red can get and clean as a whistle. First I notices the tow chain hoops with perfect paint. Then the shiny black snap down tonneau. That's when I notice the paper temp tag. Brand spanking new I want it I want it truck. This is a roads contractor nearby who has yet another pretty fleet of all red trucks. This guy is doing well, obviously. All his stuff is either a Mack or Peterbilt and looking fresh all the time. His low-boy even has red fiberglass tail dragger fenders (that's what I call them), which seem more show than go for the application. If it were me they'd be metail with more ground clearance.

https://www.google.com/search?q=M+T+...w=1138&bih=526

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Re: clean machines.

WE can't find anybody that can, or is willing to keep equipment cleaned up. It's amazing how many people don't know how to wash a truck.

We had a kid a couple of years ago that could make a truck look good, but since then it's been hit and miss. We have a young guy working part time in the shop now, that learned from his grandpa, that is good at diagnosing and fixing things, but he doesn't have time to wash and polish.

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When I was driving my '71 9500, I always had a bottle of wax and some clean rags with me. Many times when I had a reasonable chance and the truck was clean enough to take it, I would be out there waxing it. Usually while waiting for loads or sometimes while being loaded at different places that I would pick up at. Strangely though, some people would frown upon it. Whether it was jealousy, envy, or whatever, lol, depending on where I was picking up at.

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Bill, you were the old school take pride in my truck type of driver for sure. I don't now how this guy keeps his trucks so clean, or how he seems to have nothing but newer stuff.

I'm worried the guy that started this thread will come along and give us a hard time for hijacking into light trucks and now off brands. I better show a GM medium or heavy so we don't set him off.

This ought to steer the conversation. Wouldn't it be cool to have a 1/2t version? :lol:
This is not a trick photo. It was actually built by Preston 151 Line as a prototype, but never happened

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That's OK. I know that guy. He will understand, lol.

Cool Preston truck by the way.

Not my style, but cool anyway.

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It is pretty neat. I forget what year this was created in. I read about it here I found the picture. I think this will tell about it

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...QvSI6kd63aknsl

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Actually 1 Aero Brigadier was built as shown in this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=734636 I'd love to know more about that captain hook model though it looks like a GMT 400 extended cab with a 90's International S Series hood as seen in that thread and here

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I think you got that right. That was IH's front end in the late '80s and a good bit of the '90s.

Can anyone tell me what brand this one is?

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From what I understand, the 'Aero Brigadier' was a proposed second generation Brigadier that would have used a version of the GMT 400 cab. It was to be a 'big brother' to the GMT 530 TopKick/Kodiak. The idea was dropped when GM merged their heavy truck operation with Volvo/White in 1987. Interestingly, there was another proposed 'Brigadier' sometime around 2004, which might have been a 2003 style GMT 560 Topkick with a longer and taller hood to accommodate a large-bore diesel.

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I pulled up next to this guy at the truck stop (that is now a damn Chinaostco) back in '90. Sorry my pickup is in the way. I think I have another photo I could scaan of it... if I can find it