Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread

[MARTINSR]

Market Street San Francisco!


Brian

[1project2many]

[1project2many]

From the "Bruce Lee" scene in Police Academy 2:

[MARTINSR]

Yep, there is a 55-59 Chevy/GMC in the photo.




Brian

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Yep, there is a 55-59 Chevy/GMC in the photo.

Look at all the passenger cars pulling boats...

Nowadays those would all be light duty pickups or SUVs.


K

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Look at all the passenger cars pulling boats...

Nowadays those would all be light duty pickups or SUVs.


K

I moved to Idaho from the SF bay area and it is MIND BLOWING how many trucks are here! OMG every other car on the road is a jacked up 4x4 truck!

Brian

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I moved to Idaho from the SF bay area and it is MIND BLOWING how many trucks are here! OMG every other car on the road is a jacked up 4x4 truck!

Brian

Ignore the PM i sent and welcome to the CALEXODUS and rapid growing number of Californian refugees (like me).

The number of raised vehicles is easy to explain. Bad weather, road debris, and unpaved roads are tough on low vehicles. Once hit a small piece of wood and tore a hole in the tank out of our VW Passat SEL TDI. We left a 10 mile trail of diesel behind us to delight and skidding of others behind us while traveling on a rainy day. Having to watch for every little thing lying in the road sucks the fun right out of driving.

Congratulations on your escape from the PRC. Hope you find Idaho is a different world, free of the permanent dark cloud enveloping our former, god forsaken, state.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by vintovka

Ignore the PM i sent and welcome to the CALEXODUS and rapid growing number of Californian refugees (like me).

The number of raised vehicles is easy to explain. Bad weather, road debris, and unpaved roads are tough on low vehicles. Once hit a small piece of wood and tore a hole in the tank out of our VW Passat SEL TDI. We left a 10 mile trail of diesel behind us to delight and skidding of others behind us while traveling on a rainy day. Having to watch for every little thing lying in the road sucks the fun right out of driving.

Congratulations on your escape from the PRC. Hope you find Idaho is a different world, free of the permanent dark cloud enveloping our former, god forsaken, state.

Yep, it is very different here for sure! It town there is nothing like you describe. Just driving around, it's like California, even when it snows, at least so far. I suspect some funky days but so far it's not much more than a heavy rain day in SF.

Brian

[MARTINSR]

[1project2many]

LOL. I had to put on my reading glasses for that one.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by 1project2many

LOL. I had to put on my reading glasses for that one.

Those are some great ones!

Brian

[MARTINSR]

GROOVY!

[nvrdone]

so brian, I guess you have to jack up your truck to fit in?

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

so brian, I guess you have to jack up your truck to fit in?

LOL nope, mine will be lowered. There are a LOT more vintage cars here on the road than in the SF bay area that's for sure! I see a cool old Mustang or truck or vintage Corvette on the road all the time here!

Brian

[Clarance J]

Hey guys. Love this thread. This was an era when you could see a car a mile away and you could tell what make of car it was. There have been several pictures on here that were find the AD/TF in a sea of cars and going down the rows you could tell make and year. Not today.


Earl

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by Clarance J

Hey guys. Love this thread. This was an era when you could see a car a mile away and you could tell what make of car it was. There have been several pictures on here that were find the AD/TF in a sea of cars and going down the rows you could tell make and year. Not today.


Earl

I didn't think of that, yep, you are right sir!

Brian

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Clarance J

....Not today.

That's because only so many shapes go through a wind tunnel as absolutely cleanly as possible. They need them to be as drag free as possible to make gas mileage requirements so they tend to look very much alike.

I get it, makes sense. Things are just not like they once were in EVERY way, not just cars.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

That's because only so many shapes go through a wind tunnel as absolutely cleanly as possible. They need them to be as drag free as possible to make gas mileage requirements so they tend to look very much alike.

I get it, makes sense. Things are just not like they once were in EVERY way, not just cars.

Makes you wonder how and AD would do in a wind tunnel. With the old 235 it felt like the truck would just come to a stop when hit with a real gust. Recall the mileage would depend on which way the wind blew.

[MARTINSR]

Yep, I did some searching and finally found a TD!

Brian

[MARTINSR]

Ahhhh, the "bigger shop" was one mistake I made. I bought a house with an HOA and almost no back yard. It's a long story but yeah, things are very different. I have a great guy in town whom I met that says I can do the body work at his large shop he just finished so we will see. Right now my truck is waiting in my freezing cold garage for me to get back to my five minute a day plan. But I have so much other stuff to do it's on hold for sure.

I am hoping I can make something happen with some installation to keep the noise down and get it closer to paint here in my garage.

Brian

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Ahhhh, the "bigger shop" was one mistake I made. I bought a house with an HOA and almost no back yard. It's a long story but yeah, things are very different. I have a great guy in town whom I met that says I can do the body work at his large shop he just finished so we will see. Right now my truck is waiting in my freezing cold garage for me to get back to my five minute a day plan. But I have so much other stuff to do it's on hold for sure.

I am hoping I can make something happen with some installation to keep the noise down and get it closer to paint here in my garage.

Brian

HOA=PITA. One thing CA had was warmer weather (why its the first choice of homeless). The cold feels worse as you get older. Glad you found a place to work. If you do car work a shop is a must. We made a bid on a nice place on lake closer to Eugene for a second home. Why is it i can remember every inch of the shop and not the house?

Now only AD owner in about 40 to 70 miles around and really getting Honks, Waves, thumbs up and headlight flashes. Going to drive it to the beach today as part of our new holiday tradition. BTW agate hunting is fun and exercise.

[MARTINSR]

[MARTINSR]

Come on, there is at least one TD down there!

Brian

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Come on, there is at least one TD down there!

Brian

White '58/'59 on the lower right corner.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Come on, there is at least one TD down there!

Brian

Think i am in this one in a 56 bel-aire heading for work at the Sears warehouse on Soto and Olympic.