Vintage 4wd Pictures:Other Makes

[special-K]

Went to my local ATHS chapter's annual picnic yesterday. An old friend of mine has a feller with a small collection of older vehicles he does their upkeep for. Currently he has this '57 IH 1200 so I invited him to bring it. It was a big hit with our small crowd

[special-K]

Fire fighters

[Ol Blue K20]

Some awesome trucks! But, we're tired of fire trucks in Cali. So much of my familyhistoryhas burned up in the last couple of years...

[special-K]

You're tired of the fires and the trucks remind you. I'm sure you can appreciate each and every one of them and wish there were more. So sorry to hear you have lost family history. That's a real shame

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by special-K

You're tired of the fires and the trucks remind you. I'm sure you can appreciate each and every one of them and wish there were more. So sorry to hear you have lost family history. That's a real shame

Exactly what I meant.....

[special-K]

Coming home Sunday evening I passed three Scouts while still in the mountains. They all had soft tops and had a rugged trail look, slow laning it. Not over the top rock crawler, more in line with the vintage and what we did back then. No pictures so let's see what I can come up with

Something like this

[Ol Blue K20]

I like the older Scouts too.

[special-K]

It was neat that they seemed to be returning from spending time out in the mountain wilds camping and enjoying them as they were meant to be.

Big change here. Still an other make 4wd, but BIGGER. Built to enjoy in Germany and shipped here for the young family to see America in. '74 Mercedes

[CG]

Did you see this one Tim?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=824704

[special-K]

Originally Posted by CG

Did you see this one Tim?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=824704

no mark, not until now. Thanks for pointing it out. It having a 283 is something else. Serious cool factor. I'd never do it because I think old Mopar flatheads are cool, but only in what they came in

[Willowrun]

I have a couple of Dodge SWB W150’s. I never really noticed these when they were new but they’ve grown on me that last 5 years or so. Had this one shipped here in 2019 and haven’t done anything to it until the last couple of months when I had a buddy do his best to buff the tired paint and I put some new tires on it. It’s a 1989 and has a fuel injected 360, SM465 (I think...has a creeper gear so assuming) manual trans. It’s not perfect by any stretch but people seem to like it since I’ve had it out a couple days now.

Speedo doesn’t work, the suspension is stiff and bouncy at the same time so gonna try shocks first, and I think I need to toe it in a little. Other than that not much to do other than cosmetic which always seems to come last although the LED headlights are getting swapped ASAP.

Now that I’ve driven two of them I can say Dodges of this era ride rougher that similar vintage GM leaf sprung trucks. May need some custom springs if shocks don’t smooth it out.

[72c20customcamper]

Followed this Bronco last Saturday .

[HO455]

A rare vintage and extremely capable 4x4. Not mine! My neighbors hate me enough without that parked out front.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1943-white-m2a1/


This truck was built by the White Motor Company in 1943 as an M2 half-track and was converted to M2A1 specification by the US Army Ordnance Department during World War II. It is finished in olive drab over tan canvas upholstery, and power is sent to both axles via a 386ci White 160AX gasoline inline-six paired with a non-synchronized four-speed manual transmission and a dual-range transfer case. Features include folding window armor, a machine gun mount, and troop seating for 10. This M2A1 was acquired by the owning dealer in 2021 and is now offered by the seller on their behalf in Los Angeles, California, with an ammo box and a California title listing it as a 1944 White.

[special-K]

I think your neighbors would rather "see" that sitting at your house than "hear" it going down the road . Cool truck. When I was a kid those were my favorite military vehicles. Too cool

Sorry for the crappy pictures. A local guy is into the Oshkosh trucks pretty deep. There's nowhere to pull over so I grabbed a few shots from the road

[HO455]

Originally Posted by special-K

I think your neighbors would rather "see" that sitting at your house than "hear" it going down the road . Cool truck. When I was a kid those were my favorite military vehicles. Too cool

Sorry for the crappy pictures. A local guy is into the Oshkosh trucks pretty deep. There's nowhere to pull over so I grabbed a few shots from the road

As kids we had a WWII style 6X6 in the backyard to play on and once we found a half-track outside of town that had been converted to a boom truck. One day we clmbed the fence to get a better look. As we were checking it out a woman came out ot the house and yelled at us to "GET". She then turned her dog loose. With an 1/8 mile head start we beat the dog to the fence line. Needless to say we never went back.

Probably not very likely but those could be Idaho department of transportation trucks. They used to paint all their vehicles yellow with black hoods. I even remember seeing their dozers and road graders (Hood behind the cab ) painted that way.

[special-K]

You were gettin' alright!

I went by that place with the Oshkosh trucks and all that is totally gone. All cleaned up but for a forklift in front of the doors. It was a fabrication shop, I think construction related, and they sold snow plows and flatbeds. I never saw a realtor sign. Maybe they moved or I guess they went out

Heavy stuff

[HO455]

I came across this one and with the half-track and 6x6's mentioned earlier it seemed appropriate. This is not my Jeep.

https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/...390914671.html

Selling a icon in the nw jeep world.
This custom 6x6 needs a new home.
V6 Jeep motor, turbo 400 transmission. Warn hubs, winch, new tires, new interior too.
Bobcat tracks can be added. Off road use only.
Trailer not included.
1 of a kind
Title present
No trades

[special-K]

Jeep Gator! Pretty dang cool

How about a couple Jeep fire trucks?

[HO455]

Originally Posted by special-K

Jeep Gator! Pretty dang cool

How about a couple Jeep fire trucks?

That first one is interesting. I wonder if it was based on a Gladiator or a Wagoneer? I would like to see how that roof line blends into the box.

Here is another somewhat rare Jeep. The Thriftside. I really like how it has the earlier Willy's look to the box.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-jeep-j2000/

[Ol Blue K20]

Nice Jeep, I like those trucks.

[special-K]

Me too. I dig those Thriftsides. They look more like a Willys with that bed

The newer style was pretty cool, too

[Ol Blue K20]

I wanted a Honcho but my dad said the colors would ruin hunting. The deer would be scared away!! I believed him.... Gullible or an idiot, I'm not sure.....

[special-K]

I never had much luck hunting from my truck

That green one is a '79 with the early grille swapped in. I always wanted to do that if I got one. My brother-in-law back when he was my friend *() had a bright blue Honcho wide bed in '78. I could see through the grille the old sheet metal was behind there.


* Still my friend. I meant years before my little sister grew up and they met

I probably already showed these or you all are getting sick of J-series Jeeps. But don't complain or I might shut this thread down

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by special-K

I never had much luck hunting from my truck

That green one is a '79 with the early grille swapped in. I always wanted to do that if I got one. My brother-in-law back when he was my friend *() had a bright blue Honcho wide bed in '78. I could see through the grille the old sheet metal was behind there.


* Still my friend. I meant years before my little sister grew up and they met

I probably already showed these or you all are getting sick of J-series Jeeps. But don't complain or I might shut this thread down

I'll never complain. My dad was into the old Willys trucks and loved his Wagoneers too.

[special-K]

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