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Old 04-02-2020, 09:48 PM   #676
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How about an AD pulling a cable car in SF!

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Old 04-04-2020, 07:17 PM   #677
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Yep, they can survive in the snow.

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Old 04-04-2020, 08:18 PM   #678
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This is what my truck was doing in it's childhood.

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Old 04-04-2020, 09:54 PM   #679
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Here's one I never would have imagined!

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Old 04-05-2020, 08:34 AM   #680
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Is it me or has the windshield in the Craftsman truck been shortened? I'm guessing it have been a custom body as opposed to a modified Suburban. I love the full length rocker moldings.
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Old 04-05-2020, 02:56 PM   #681
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That's an amazing truck. Someone spent some money on design work for that. I wonder if it was a bread-and-butter job for a known customizer?
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Old 04-05-2020, 04:51 PM   #682
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That's an amazing truck. Someone spent some money on design work for that. I wonder if it was a bread-and-butter job for a known customizer?
It looks half panel delivery and half sedan delivery!

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Old 04-05-2020, 05:03 PM   #683
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It would seem to have some relation to this ambulance, or not.
Scroll about 20% of the way down the page.

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Old 04-05-2020, 06:07 PM   #684
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And just for fun I added a shot of my wife and son with our Windstar out on the Salt flats. If you ever have the chance go out onto the salt flats (you pass right by the entrance on driving through Utah on hwy 80) DO IT!

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It would seem to have some relation to this ambulance, or not.
Scroll about 20% of the way down the page.
Holy photo archives, Batman. That's a great site with a ton of pictures!!

This looks like a close relative to the Craftsman truck. The windows and the body-length lower chrome really seem to match. Is that a for sale sign in the front window??



I would invite everyone who likes unique vehicles to look through the site linked by HO455. The "Amublances and Hearses" section has very interesting photos almost worth their own thread:





And of course, there are other AD and TF trucks to be found there:













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Old 04-05-2020, 09:27 PM   #686
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Wow, good stuff!

I just ran across this one.

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Old 04-13-2020, 10:36 PM   #688
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Almost as cool as me!

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Old 04-15-2020, 04:34 PM   #689
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Old 04-18-2020, 09:09 PM   #690
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Good stuff Miracle Pie!

How about this little oddie. Just your average day at the gas station.


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I'd wager the guy in the suit and tie is Harry.
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Old 04-19-2020, 11:08 AM   #692
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nah he looks like one of the circus clowns !!!
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Old 04-19-2020, 01:59 PM   #693
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I feel sorry for the elephants. In those days no one thought about them being wild animals and gave them their due. treated them like toys for our amusement.

The guy staying next to them has a stick with a spike in it he likely used to push them around. Then people were shocked when one of them squished a handler like a grape.
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This is one of the best of the best for us AD guys, how cool is this one! I am posting both the URL from facebook and uploaded it because I have been told not everyone can see the Facebook ones I have been posting.

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Any of those would be great in my driveway!
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This is one of the best of the best for us AD guys, how cool is this one! I am posting both the URL from facebook and uploaded it because I have been told not everyone can see the Facebook ones I have been posting.

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Not a lot of rubber on the road back in those days. That one perched above cab certainly wouldn't give you a feeling of security if you were the driver. But then they probably never got above 50 MPH either.
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Neat pic. I want that BelAir.
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Old 04-20-2020, 10:28 PM   #698
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Well if that’s not in front of the Van Nuys assembly plant I would be surprised.

The plant was built after World War Two and torn down in the 90’s after the last 3rd gen Camero and Firebirds rolled off the line .

I went to the 50th anniversary of Chevrolet in 1962 when they were building full size passenger cars and in 1990 durning the Camero run .

Today the land is a major shopping mall.


The next gen Camero Firebird was produced in Canada
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I visited Framingham when the pride of the plant was the Celebrity or Citation (can't quite remember). I saw a door on an overhead conveyor stop and other doors piling up into it an thought "that's strange." About 10-15 minutes later lotsa buzzers then everything shut down, and the line didn't move again for the rest of the tour. Musta been lunch?
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MARTIN SR, regarding that truck and trailer loaded with new cars. If there wasn't a car on top of the truck, the trucks front wheels would be off the ground. The truck fifth wheel looks like its behind the truck rear axle. Quite a rig.
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