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I had a used 20 footer years ago and I think it was retired because the doors opened and closed so hard. I think it had been dropped.

I figured the truck wasn't unrestored. But it's a survivor beings that it is all unmolested original all there. That's a great find

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Arizona truck


Midwestern truck

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Looks like they got tired of the lower front flapping and cut it off*. Wasn't doing any good anyway :lol:


* Or wiggled it back and forth to fatigue it and tore it off is more likely

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When I drove back to Illinois in '73 for "A" school in my '69 Camaro when I was in the Navy, I was amazed at the deplorable condition of vehicles that were newer than mine stacked up to 5 high, corroded beyond belief, in the wrecking yards. Just wow.

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As a California boy....that's simply amazing

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Land Shark!!!!

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Then again, I bought a '72 Le Mans that lived in Malibu until I bought it, but unfortunately I didn't catch it until I got it home and started working on it. I gutted the disc brakes and some other stuff and sold it to a guy who I suspect just wanted the serial number plate off the dash. It was toast, for me. The roof was so crunchy that I could put my finger through the vinyl top. But I see guys in the midwest and the east who would have been all over such a nice (to them) specimen .

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My dad used to say "the bought lessons you won't forget". By that he meant if it cost you some pain or money you likely won't do that again. ;)
I bought a used camper one time for my daughter. It was right at camping time and I still hadn't found what I was looking for when I found one nearby and not too much money. My mistake was looking at it late in the evening and feeling rushed to find something. Long story short, I think we may have used it once or twice when problems came up. It had been in a flood and all the cable lift mechanisms were rusted inside the lower walls. The cables snapped and down came the roof. Once I saw what we had I was pissed. The flood evidence was in the walls. I stewed on it for some days then I took a sledge hammer to it. I completely destroyed it one weekend right down to the frame. I hauled off the pieces and nailed the camper name plate on the wall in the shop as a reminder. That mistake cost me money and pain. I had my heart attack the next morning.

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We replaced the stolen truck. It's a really clean truck, but it came from Missouri, so I figure it has rust in it's future.

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Nice one. Maybe it was kept out of the slush more than most. I have bought trucks out of PA that were cleaner than Carolina trucks. The places where rust is worse is where you first had people looking to preserve vehicles from it. Look at how Hemmings Motor News comes from out of Vermont. New England had people stashing cars for the winter before anywhere else.

And you make a good point in your signature. Those colors we see should be purple, orange, and lime green. The colors used for halloween and horror type stuff :eek:

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Looks like a nice clean 3/4 ton. I like it. Miles and year?

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06 with just over 100,000 miles. We had it on the lift, and it is amazingly clean underneath. After a few months under the "loving care" of a pipeline crew it won't be clean.

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You'll have that one a while

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What kind of mirrors are those? On the replacement truck.

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They are camper mirrors, that manually extend.

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This old 94 has been through several Crews and just keeps on ticking. It has 363000 miles on it. We took the logos off of it a couple of years ago to take it to the auction and it still hasn't made it.

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The good ones are hard to put down.

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88-98s were great trucks. I mean they are. They 'were' a great new

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Spent some time talking with George my WW2 friend at the local retirement community. He said this week (3-6) will be the 79th anniversary of his letter he received from Roosevelt requesting his presence at a camp. He told me a few stories including the time he was helping guard the only bridge across the Rhine river strong enough to carry tanks across. As we were talking, another WW2 vet walked through and stopped to visit- pretty cool. George looks really good for 100

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Wow, my dad was probably driving one of those tanks.

George does look good, It's always interesting to talk to talk to those guys.

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He definitely looks great. I love the stories too, so spend as much time as possible with him. It wouldn't hurt to tape him when he's talking. Preserve that history.

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He looks fantastic. That's great that you can stop in on him. Ever think of an outing he might like?

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I have some good times on some good long road trips with my wife and my good friend and his wife. He has had more cars and trucks than I can remember, but the one he usually drove was a 61 Impala.

He owned an auto parts store for 40 years, and just sold it last July to concentrate on his cars and family.

A month ago he found out he has stage 4 Pancreatic cancer. It ain't looking good. John Watkins is in my prayers.

The 61 is his and he is watching me work on our El Camino in Columbus OH

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Praying for John

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I'm praying for your friend John, too.

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My son in law had a project at their house today. My grandson parked the mini ex and then went for a ride through the pasture.

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Glad you walked away . Bridges are the worst in marginal freeze temps road is wet and they are ice. Have gone on the oh chit sideways Express a few times.

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Somebody was definitely looking out for him.

He did end up with a really nice truck though.

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Yep, in my case Ford stands for FlippedOverRookieDriver.
My name could have easily become Mud.

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Aw c'mon man. You need to tell it like a trucker now that it's all over. Color it up while putting yourself totally in control. "The road lost it's hold on my rig and she came around on me. I figured the median was the safest place to put it even if it meant I had to lay it on it's side"

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Hey Tim, that’s funny and ironic.
My dad was an “over the road truck driver” all of his life. He liked to embellish his stories. He was also a “one upper” kind of guy.
That may very well have been the way my dad would have told the story had it happen to him.

I did forget to mention when I exited the van from the passenger door I did a back flip to the ground and realized that I needed to upright the vehicle so, all by myself I push and lifted the van back onto all for wheels. I think I pulled a hamstring because I didn’t think about warming up first. I prolly shouldn’t done the back either.:lol:

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Now that would be funny on video at triple speed.

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Hey Larry, I’ll need to get a stunt double for any of that backflip bs I posted.:lol:

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my 8yo helping my neighbor pull forms this morning..

that boy worked 4hrs with me, did more work than most teenagers..

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/mroyb42lg7s...forms.jpg?dl=0

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^ Good to see a kid working. Ran across a old golden state catalog, used to buy quite a bit from them. Always liked the C 20 farm scene photo on the back.

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This is inside the back cover, notice anything unusual about the super emblem?

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If they had let the emblems stay that way, people wouldn't place the super in the wrong place.

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Good point Larry! Any updates on John?

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Larry, Do you always tie down your equipment for transport?