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Just saw this on facebook, very cool!

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...b4&oe=5C4128D9

Brian

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From an awesome picture link posted earlier.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-co...-Furniture.jpg

I love the bed on this truck. The curves, factory fender skirts, and the continuation of factory chrome makes this a very uncommon truck.

Here's one that looks interesting to drive:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-co...H-Reliance.jpg

The rest are here:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/...ous-ones-here/

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Typical work truck, not claiming the spotlight.

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Nothing big. Just providing ground support (and fuel) for the plane claiming the world's longest flight. The flight, BTW, lasted 64 days.

http://blog.elevatingtheupstate.com/...l1-274x300.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...1cqNot5nPc7YEH

https://discourse-cdn-sjc1.com/infin...36b605c0c9.jpg

http://www.flyian.net/aircraft/var/haciendatruck.jpg

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A total guess but, "The Last Picture Show"?

Man, Cybil Shepherd was my fantasy for a looong time after that. Oh well, may as well remind myself.

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I have this one up on the wall in my garage. :D

Brian

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Here is a cool one just seen on facebook.

Brian

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...42&oe=5C7F23EC

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Wow....if that sled got that jacked up, hate/love to see the other guy.:eek:

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That is great, reminds me of my childhood spent with my grandfather. Everything we did was out of the back of a truck. Fishing or working we spend many hours in the back of a truck and very little time at the house, let alone at the computer.
:waah:

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Just another day at the track.

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You know... the front of the hood on the GMC bears a resemblance to an old GM concept car:
http://www.imcdb.org/i556185.jpg

(TF Content: If you look closely there's a '57 Cameo poster in the background)

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That car in the foreground is the Buick "Y job" that Harley Earl drove to work! Harley Earl was the head of the GM design studio from around 42-58. I saw that car in person recently at a museum near me. I went over twice to see it, those concept cars from GM are huge in my world, damn they were some cool stuff.

Brian

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/5e...367b929c2d.jpg

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Very, very cool that you've seen it in person. I have many pictures of the Y job saved on my computer at home. I keep hoping it will be a guest at a spot within driving distance of me.

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Just hanging around

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Are you a member of the Facebook page where that was just posted? I dig that photo, wow!

An unintentional chopped top.

Brian

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Yes I am.

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A couple of cool photos of our trucks. If you are on Facebook this a great page to follow, all on our AD trucks. https://www.facebook.com/groups/811987145484267/

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...77&oe=5CA87321

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...87&oe=5CA7794E


Brian

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Owens Valley, California, taken 2018:

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Not an old photo, but damn I love this!

Brian

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...26&oe=5CD3EC67

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^^^
Wow.

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A few more. Panel truck is interesting... armored car maybe??

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That is an armored car! Check out the windshield is made of bullet proof glass!

Brian

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1545619327

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I realize the truck in this photo is not the General's favorite, but the picture is too cool to pass up. The racer who built the car and truck raced on a small east coast track that has since been replaced by a bunch of Six Flags carnival rides. The track never produced much. A few small time guys like Geoff Bodine, Richie Evans, and Maynard Troyer raced there with thousands of locals over the years so it's not likely to be missed. But the car/truck combination is a good reminder of the energy that went into racing back then.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...06-jpg.739400/

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Photo is taken from inside the GM Heritage Center.

K

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I have one of those trucks in my world too so I am all good with it. My dad bought a 55 in 1965 along with a 58 Buick and had a mechanic from the Buick dealership he worked at come and put motor out of the 58 in the truck! I drove it to high school SMOKING the tires in the school parking lot often. LOL

Yep, I put my arm around a girl for the first time while in a drive-inn movie in that truck. :metal:

The first photo is of my brother in the drivers seat and me out back was on a camping trip with dad around 1968. The second photo is of it in the "Rodders Journal" magazine around 12 years ago after he restored it. It breaks my heart to know that my dad missed seeing it all done and on the road again by only a few months.

Brian