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I think it's an 80 and I agree 64. That spot, Lebec, CA is popular but not even close to most popular. Ron Adams shot (and is still shooting) photos at his spot along I-78 in PA for more than 50 years. Well into the hundreds of thousands of photos.
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I live not too far from 78 in PA. Which photos might you be referring to?
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Pretty sure this has been shown but I thought I'd toss it in with the rest as a nice example.
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Here's one of Ron's GMCs. He has written many books and has hsd photos in magazines. He lives in Lenhartsville and has been collecting truck photos and other stuff for 65 years. I can say he has more photos and more original truck photos than anyone in the WORLD.
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Not to mention all the money and time to develop all of those photos
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Yes, 1964 diesel was an E80. Lighter, gas models were L-models, L60, etc.
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https://bangshift.com/bangshiftxl/19...-trucks-great/
found this commercial on bangshift
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Thsee are cool
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Interesting picture of a truck obviously in the development stage. Notice the date on the bottom of the picture (9-22-64). Goes to show how early they started on them. Also notice the small Chevy script in the Grille, which they never ended up using. It's the same script that they used on the Grille of the '65 Impala. They also changed the Grille style a little. It is a cool picture.
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Could be the same one or 1 of 5 anyways great photos
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Such a nice rig. That prototype is neat. I wonder if it's clay.
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Wow, South American (Brazil/Argentina) Chevy Super Brigadier! I think they actually built them down there.
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I figured you'd pick up on that one. I think you are right about them being built down there.
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One word. Lust
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looks like it has some tire deflate inflate system too
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I think anyone who likes looking at old trucks appreciates the pictures he took, even if they don't know who is is from the internet.
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Yep, digital cameras brought out a lot more photos in the world. I took more pictures on film than anyone I knew. Talking in general. Yet, I have relatively few photos of my trucks and many I never took any pictures at all. I also have pictures that didn't come out well or deteriorated from storage or got damaged. I remember people asking me why I took pictures of my vehicle. It was in no way a common thing. The expense and effort inhibited it's use by many. That's why insta-matics were a success.
The only two pictures I took of my '61 Champ I restored in the late-70s. And I remember my girlfriend asking me why I was taking them that day GM heavy hauler
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I said easy to drive. I ended up trading it for a 71 Cheyenne Super because the young bucks couldn't drive a 2 speed rear. They pretty much destroyed a good truck because they didn't want to drive it. I owned that truck for twenty year's but I don't have any pictures that I know of.
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Nice Studebaker. You don't see many around anymore.
Also a pretty nice Heavy Medium under it.
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Thanks on the Champ. I combined two to make that one. I tried really hard to find the narrow bed, but had to get it put together. That was right after it was done. I put wide steel wheels painted same yellow with '60 Galaxie caps w/o any logo
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its prolly why a lot of busnes owners restore there first truck or machine they used to start the busnes
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For me it was a '71 K/20 307/4spd/4.57s I paid $1k for. I ran that all over, fixing it up as I went. I welded up ladder racks and put a pair of used Reading high-side boxes on and I was in the siding business in '82. Other guys were buying new trucks making payments while I was making profit from day-1. I always gave credit to the Big Bad Green Siding Machine for my success. It also got me known for the guy with that badass old Chevy that got around on the swampy lots with no problem, where others guys had just another truck. I built a '95 K3500 as a tribute to it
I know I'm getting into the little 4 wheelers in a real truck thread, but they were commercial duty. I did take a few pictures of those, but not many. I'll add a bigger truck to keep us straight
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RE: Reading side boxes
I wonder when the first metal side boxes were made. My dad and uncle were in the remodeling business in KC in the fifties. They built Their boxes out of plywood.
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