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Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread
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I haven't seen a thread like this and thought we all might enjoy seeing our trucks back when they were ALL daily drivers doing what they did and going where they went.
Yes, all these photos are stolen from a vintage photos thread on the H.A.M.B. PS: Yes, I threw in one of the FIRST "AD" trucks - Art Deco design series. |
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Ha, that Helms truck brings back memories, I grew up in Pasadena, we'd get a jelly doughnut off the truck for $.06
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The line up in front of the dealership reminds me of the Hall-Harmon dealership here in town in the 50's. They were spread over several blocks on the other side of town and sold GMC trucks, Buicks and Pontiacs and had the International Harvester dealership for farm equipment and trucks in another building along with selling appliances alongside the farm Equipment. I had a chest freezer that my grand parents bought from them years ago.
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A day of deer hunting, about 1969, with my brother in law Moose, on the left and my brother Dave on the right. The skinny kid with the hair is me..... Bought the '64, with a blown rod, from a friend of my brothers for a few hundred and then got a junk yard six with 12,000 miles on it for $125. A couple of years later upgraded to a 327, so I could haul a cabover camper over the grapevine to the High Sierras. Pulled the engines and did all the work myself right there in the alley behind our apartment in Anaheim! :smoke:
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That photo of the assembly line is something else. I love the "Traveleze" trailer. :D
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Took this about 15 years ago, when my 52 was my daily driver. I had just hauled this load of topsoil about 15 miles at 50 mph.
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I love it Fred! Mine was originally a 3/4 ton too, and a farm truck, OMG I wish I had some photos of it out on the field!
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I just thought it would be nostalgic to see our trucks when they were, well...just a truck. Mine will enjoy a retirement of being babied but then the condition of my bedsides and tailgate indicate it never worked too hard anyway - almost NO dents in them - amazing after 60+ years.
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Here's mine not too long ago.... Intentionally haven't finished the bed so I can still use it to haul stuff. :metal:
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Mine when it was hauling lumber for the shop...
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My grandfather had a 53 3600 truck that he used as a working truck until about 1992/1993. He hauled scrap steel to the salvage yard. I haven’t been able to find a pic in the family photo albums. I guess having the memory is better than any old picture.
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here are a few from my stash
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Some more. Yes, i realize there are illustrations, but I think they fit the theme.
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Last time I used mine prior to being garaged.
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Ok...I'm done. :)
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If anyone knows of a bigger example throw it my way. Brian http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1533316505 |
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Ugh, kills me to see both of those so wrecked!
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I know this isn't "working" but just came across this photo and had to post it here. It's not "working" but soon would be, unusual truck to come out of the factory at that time.
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That one is too cool
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Found another pic. Bed is torn off and appears to be resting against a fence. If you scan pics forward there are other classic wreck pics.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/81918828@N00/2301366084 |
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Looking at the crane and the strap under the rear of the 4X4 panel truck, I can imagine why the cabs and doors don't line up well out of the factory.
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I'm only going to post a couple from this thread but the rest are absolutely worth a look.
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/...-a-few-others/ What is this hood ornament?? https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassi...size=600%2C456 https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassi...size=600%2C396 https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassi...size=600%2C400 |
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I can't explain it, I just LOVE seeing these photos! I study the whole thing, the back ground, every bit of it. I have always loved "life" photos, they aren't Posed or made up to look pretty, just friggin life.
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My ‘51 after it hauled some hay and then a shot of her flexing her muscles (pto driven hydraulic dump)
Not terribly vintage of a pic, but a vintage truck doing working truck stuff. |
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Movie Buffs?
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Here's a few ...
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