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Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread
Looks like an AD pickup in the line of vehicles behind too.
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Wow!
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That locomotive doesn't look like it was strapped down.
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"we're only going a mile down the road, no big deal"
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Headline News ....
Train derails on overpass ... Lands on a line of trucks ! Traffic was spared delays as derailing train on overpass fall onto a line of Flatbed trucks going under in perfect timing to catch all the cars as they fell . Police and train employees astounded , no injuries reported . The trucks kept going to a site farther down the rail line so the train could be craned back onto the track . The train continued on with a new crew .
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"This may work for one or two trips but I still think we need to figure out how to fix the brakes so the locomotive can pull the train back down the mountain."
"That's the legendary Narrow Gauge of Poughkeepsie, cursed to travel the country in search of the line that never was." "The engine looks good, sure, but have you checked out that caboose?" |
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Oh damn do I love this one!
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Right? I love seeing those seams on the cowl and the A pillar isn't even installed yet. Damn I want to see more of these photos.
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i'd certainly like to see more of those assembly pics
flip down 2x4 welding helmet... he has to flip it up to reposition the spot welder every time nothing like todays body shop, conveyor cycles and 50 robotic welders come in at once it's pretty wild if you've never seen it happen
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hardly a vintage picture, as it was taken this week...
this was sent to me by my bro-in-law from great basin national park
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Now THAT is a set of mirrors and side pipes too!
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Getting there is half the fun!
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Everytime I see one of those Task Force 4x4 Suburbans I kick myself for not buying the one I came across back in 88. Even though at the time it was the right decision I still regret passing it up.
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![]() Now that I think about it: my guys didn't even wear a helmet or goggles, or coveralls. Just street clothes. I had a sweater that had a bunch of holes burned in it, because they could control the direction the sparks would shoot and they would aim them at me (just for fun). Flint Line 2 (Blazer and Suburban) cab shop shown. Line 2 was an old school manual process. Flint Line 1 (pickups) was highly automated; you fed panels in one end and a pickup cab popped out the other.
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I always wondered how they assembled cabs especially the door openings. I needed to replace a door on mine and found many variations in door fit. Had to try like 5 or 6 and finally found one that was close but not perfect. BTW never back up with your door open, especially around trees!!
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The variation would be in the door opening as a result of piecing it together from all the separate bits. That's why vehicles today the door opening (or entire body side) is stamped from one piece: to minimize that variation. K
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I had a 5x7 of this printed out and it's on my garage wall.
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Maybe why so many of us have difficulties fitting weather-stripping. Had i known it would cause problems i woulda kept original door.
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Hey, that ain't workin'. Or maybe that is a traveling work unit. I'm thinking yes.
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Damn I love this thread!
Thanks for posting guys. Brian
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Chevy truck:
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Leading the seams.
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