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02-20-2011, 01:30 AM | #1 |
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You might say this truck got smoked...
I was looking at the aftermath of the Mt. St. Helens eruption when I spotted this truck. What a way to go. This was May 1980... Is this a 67-72?
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02-20-2011, 01:34 AM | #2 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
Where is the you tube video of it starting up and driving away
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02-20-2011, 01:43 AM | #3 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
good one!
there is a vidoe of a 90s model chevy truck that was in a garage that caught on fire the gargade was totaled but the guy got in his truck and drove it out of that garage! melted headlights and all but it drove right out of its grave! |
02-20-2011, 08:23 AM | #4 | |
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02-20-2011, 03:24 PM | #5 | |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
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About a week later after the ins agent all was done they were gonna call a wrecker to drag it out of the garage. My dad got in it and started it up and backed it out. All that the truck needed was a new battery cable (the fire dept cut it), a new winshield (it got a small crack) and a little paintwork (got a amsll scratch on the hood. thats all! The garage needed to be torn down and rebuilt! The ins agent joked that he shoud have insured it as a tank LOL! All we fixed on it was the cable and drove it for about another 10-15 years! that was when i fell in love with these trucks they are tough as nails
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02-20-2011, 11:01 PM | #6 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
I worked in a shop we were restoring a 70 SWB 454 truck, The shop burned, the tin on the sides was even melted, the ol Chevy started right up and drove out.Can't say the same for the 56 T Bird in the paint booth
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02-20-2011, 08:47 AM | #7 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
That was my exact thought when I saw it,too. Very restorable,to say the least. Looks like a K/20 with a winch. Maybe it has an am/fm,No-Spin,tilt...I can see myself backpacking and coming up upon that,trying to get the parts off with my Swiss Army knife.
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02-20-2011, 09:24 AM | #8 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
if you notice the footprints , one of us was probably there , checking for any usable parts, just like any good vulture should.
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02-20-2011, 12:14 PM | #9 |
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02-20-2011, 01:35 AM | #10 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
It is a 69-72. Quite a picture...
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02-23-2011, 03:28 AM | #11 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
looks like a 69-70 just off the grill and a chevy!
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02-20-2011, 01:35 AM | #12 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
That happend the same year i was born. Poor old truck! Joseph
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02-20-2011, 01:38 AM | #13 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
Ya...I remember when that happened.
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02-20-2011, 08:47 AM | #14 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
May the steel gods rest it's soul
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02-20-2011, 10:55 AM | #15 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
GMC maybe? sweet pic!
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
you dont need a volcano to get results like that i've seen worse with rubber fuel lines
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02-20-2011, 05:28 PM | #17 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
Thats funny right there!
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02-20-2011, 12:13 PM | #18 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
looks like a 71 or 72 chevy. That is a very cool pic!
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02-20-2011, 12:27 PM | #19 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
Wow, Really great Pic! You should send that into National Geographic or the AP.
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02-20-2011, 12:45 PM | #20 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
I think I remember seeing that pic originally in a National Geographic when I was a kid.
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02-20-2011, 05:46 PM | #21 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
That picture was in our "Weekly Reader" back when I was in the 1st grade in 1980.
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02-20-2011, 06:26 PM | #22 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
thats quite a picture!!!
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02-20-2011, 06:50 PM | #23 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
To say smoked might be an understatement.. Here's a pic of how hot it really got (now remember this truck was 12 miles from the blast zone) Unfortunately two people also perished in that truck.
I remember that day quite well.. Watched it blow.. then the next day went over to a private airfield, put duct tape over the numbers on a buddies Bellanca Viking (single engine airplane) and proceeded to take a few low passes right over the blast zone (Yes were were young and DUMB). the real bad part was I forget to bring good batteries for my camera!! So no pics of that day. |
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02-20-2011, 08:17 PM | #25 |
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Re: You might say this truck got smoked...
Yeh, looks like the footprints only go 20 or 30 feet. And no tire tracks from there.
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