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Old 03-02-2020, 10:21 PM   #1
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Old 03-03-2020, 10:41 PM   #2
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Just stopping by the tackle shop for some worms for the weekend of fishing after working two weeks without a break.

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ok, martin, what did you do with the front suspension on the "birthday card" truck?????
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LOL, and check out the paint on that truck, it looks like it was a week old!

This is a cool one.

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Wait, isn't that a rerun??

Just an ad, but some still a cool truck depicted...


Here's another. Don't get distracted...

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Old 03-09-2020, 08:25 AM   #6
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From a movie.

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Awesome shots!

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Nothing like a beer truck wreck to draw a crowd.

Plus one I came across. O'connor Moving had just about one of everything.
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Both of those photos are great. You can tell how long Oconnors was in business by the years of trucks they owned. And Brian, that's a cool photo but... I see that truck and can't help but think it belongs in a bad horror movie with a way-too-happy clown painted on the side. Tickles is in town. Gather your children and lock the door.
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Both of those photos are great. You can tell how long Oconnors was in business by the years of trucks they owned. And Brian, that's a cool photo but... I see that truck and can't help but think it belongs in a bad horror movie with a way-too-happy clown painted on the side. Tickles is in town. Gather your children and lock the door.
LOLOLOL

Here's another cool one!

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Every time I see these old photos I can't help but wonder if some of these very trucks are owned by our forum members today!
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Every time I see these old photos I can't help but wonder if some of these very trucks are owned by our forum members today!
That is a cool thought for sure!

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Every time I see these old photos I can't help but wonder if some of these very trucks are owned by our forum members today!
Undoubtedly 1 or 2 are. It would be absolutely awesome if it were possible to know, but it isn't.
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Here's an interesting one. Presumably new Chevrolet trucks at what's left of the Roseburg, OR Chevrolet dealership after a truckload of dynamite exploded.

One of many pages of the disaster:
http://www.cityofroseburg.org/visitors/1959-blast

Movie of parts of town after damage (there's at least one AD in the footage):
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Here's an interesting one. Presumably new Chevrolet trucks at what's left of the Roseburg, OR Chevrolet dealership after a truckload of dynamite exploded.

One of many pages of the event:
http://www.cityofroseburg.org/visitors/1959-blast

Movie of parts of town after damage (there's at least on AD in the footage):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbFz...x=0&playnext=1
Thanks for posting. That is quite a story from just down the highway. I found the video tours on Utube and watched them all. Now I guess I need to make a trip down I-5.
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Here's an interesting one. Presumably new Chevrolet trucks at what's left of the Roseburg, OR Chevrolet dealership after a truckload of dynamite exploded.

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http://www.cityofroseburg.org/visitors/1959-blast

Movie of parts of town after damage (there's at least one AD in the footage):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbFz...x=0&playnext=1
Why downtown Roseburg looks like it does today.
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Brian: that photo looks like the cars are right hand drive - maybe Holdens? so is that Australia?
The Mc Donald's photo looks like 3 Chevys & 2 Mack's - looks like a bulldog on the hood.

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Brian: that photo looks like the cars are right hand drive - maybe Holdens? so is that Australia?
The Mc Donald's photo looks like 3 Chevys & 2 Mack's - looks like a bulldog on the hood.
Yep, didn't notice that, all I am seeing is the AD. LOL Yeah, I am thinking Australia too.

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Holy crap! Yep, it's stuff like that where the rules get changed alright! "What could go wrong, what's the big deal?" That right there is what can go wrong!


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Nice grill guard but the crispy critter ruins it.
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Nice grill guard but the crispy critter ruins it.
WHOA there, got any story here?

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