Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread

[1project2many]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

id like to know where you guys find these pictures.

There are a few threads around with cool photos. H.A.M.B. has one with a _ton_ of excellent photos.

I enjoy searching for unique photos. I use Google Images to look for photos of towns and cities, of types of work, of streets and construction scenes from 1944 to 1964. I also look at old postcards on Ebay and I look through historical society collections. Folks were proud of progress after WWII and there are a lot of fun pictures out there. One in ten might have a TF truck and one in five is interesting enough to post.

Here's a promising search: Detroit 1954

[MiraclePieCo]

A really fun place to find old pics of cars is on https://www.imcdb.org/ - the Internet Movie Cars Database. You can search any make and year of vehicle and get a comprehensive listing and photos of every movie in which that type of vehicle has appeared.

[MARTINSR]

One of the best photos I have ever posted here.

Brian

[vintovka]

1970 and 2020, 10 girlfriends 1 granpa, 5 engines 8 transmissions , 2 wars, 200,000 miles and 50 years later.

[MARTINSR]

Very cool!

Brian

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

A really fun place to find old pics of cars is on https://www.imcdb.org/ - the Internet Movie Cars Database. You can search any make and year of vehicle and get a comprehensive listing and photos of every movie in which that type of vehicle has appeared.

316 pics!

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?m...elInclModel=on

[1project2many]

Originally Posted by vintovka

1970 and 2020, 10 girlfriends 1 granpa, 5 engines 8 transmissions , 2 wars, 200,000 miles and 50 years later.

Truly amazing. Thank you.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by 1project2many

Truly amazing. Thank you.

Thanks back at you. I must add one wife, two kids and two grandkids

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by vintovka

1970 and 2020, 10 girlfriends 1 granpa, 5 engines 8 transmissions , 2 wars, 200,000 miles and 50 years later.

Both cool pics. I'm very familiar with the town in that second photo.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

Both cool pics. I'm very familiar with the town in that second photo.

Taken exactly 1 year ago on the banks of the Rogue at the 4th Fireworks Gold Beach. Will be there again tonight. Next year will be on the Siuslaw across from Florence at the river cabin.

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by vintovka

1970 and 2020, 10 girlfriends 1 granpa, 5 engines 8 transmissions , 2 wars, 200,000 miles and 50 years later.

best photos in the thread!

[MARTINSR]

Brian

[vintovka]

Great pics! Thank You. Like a time machine for us that remember such scenes. Would love to go back in time with the 54, visit that store grab a .50 roast beef sandwich and a cold .10 Pepsi then fill the tank with .16 gas and head down the road.

[vintovka]

One more for 1970. Friends and family inspecting the 54 down PICO RIVERA,CA when you could walk the street unarmed. Thats a brand new 1969 Toyota Corolla in the driveway my dad bought from directly the singer Frankie Lane (rawhide song) when he had a toyota . Front of girlfriends 64 289 4 speed mustang. 2 weeks after pic truck was parked for a year at Nellis AFB while i got to meet (and help kill) interesting folks in Vietnam.

[MARTINSR]

What a story that truck and you have. Thanks for the details, awesome stuff.

Brian

[vintovka]

In 1970 the truck got the name "George" by a beautiful ex LV showgirl turned Baccarat schill/"escort". She spoke the language of the mafia. George meant "ok or coast is clear" Tom meant "bad or cops are on to us". What she saw in me or truck i'll never be sure. Truck is family and even in the Trust. After 50+ years and 10+ girlfriend there's even more interesting stories that can't be printed here.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by vintovka

In 1970 the truck got the name "George" by a beautiful ex LV showgirl turned Baccarat schill/"escort". She spoke the language of the mafia. George meant "ok or coast is clear" Tom meant "bad or cops are on to us". What she saw in me or truck i'll never be sure. Truck is family and even in the Trust. After 50+ years and 10+ girlfriend there's even more interesting stories that can't be printed here.

LOLOL your truck was damn near brand new when you got it! Is that wild, it was only 16 years old! HOLY CRAP, that's like a friggin 2004 Silverado today! When I got my 48 it was 25 years old in 1973!

Brian

[vintovka]

May have said before my Uncle got it from Edwards AFB in 1964 when it was 10. USAF used to surplus out vehicles at 10 years. Doubt he paid $200 for it and the hydromatic still working when i got it. He used to drink a bit and why there's a big telephone dent in the front.

[MARTINSR]

Yep there's an AD out there.

Brian

[vintovka]

3rd row in 4th from right 53? GMC. All looks familiar to me.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by vintovka

1970 and 2020, 10 girlfriends 1 granpa, 5 engines 8 transmissions , 2 wars, 200,000 miles and 50 years later.

dang vintovka, your rough on trannies
good looking pics

[MARTINSR]

Check this out, this is the building I work in now. The window all the way to the left by the door is my office. I love walking around this place, the wood floor in part of it is original and it is so cool. Up stairs and below in the basement it looks like parts were stored. I is so cool looking at these old shelves thinking that there used to be parts for a truck like mine sitting there. That tow truck in the photo and the pickup behind it are what I have in my garage. Very cool indeed!

Brian

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by vintovka

1970 and 2020, 10 girlfriends 1 granpa, 5 engines 8 transmissions , 2 wars, 200,000 miles and 50 years later.

Originally Posted by _Ogre

dang vintovka, your rough on trannies
good looking pics

Rough on transmissions, but evidently smooth with the ladies ;-)

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

LOLOL your truck was damn near brand new when you got it! Is that wild, it was only 16 years old! HOLY CRAP, that's like a friggin 2004 Silverado today! When I got my 48 it was 25 years old in 1973!
Brian

When I started working on cars, Model A's were about 35 years old. Now our trucks are TWICE that!

[Steeveedee]

Driving back from CostCo yesterday morning, and my youngest son says, "There's a rust bucket truck behind us". It was in the right lane, I was in the left. I moved over to prepare for a turn up ahead, and the person driving went to the other lane. It had a really ratty paint job that could be on purpose. License plate said "RUST BUC" I'll try and get a pic, next time I see it.

Pic copied from Post #41 and cropped to show the one it looked like.