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Old 12-08-2020, 11:55 PM   #1
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Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread

My 65 Sport wagon is in the second row!

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Old 12-10-2020, 12:40 PM   #2
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Did they have valets? Without rear view cameras we have today i doubt 1 in 20 today could back in without hitting the other behind it.
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Old 03-03-2021, 12:03 PM   #4
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Not a vintage pic but worth an honorable mention for surviving the beach salt all these decades. Believe it is all original , six cylinder and driven by a guy who may have bought it new and may be in same shape. Tried to ask about it but got the messages quick. Pics too big to use forum pic posters,

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Not a vintage pic but worth an honorable mention for surviving the beach salt all these decades. Believe it is all original , six cylinder and driven by a guy who may have bought it new and may be in same shape. Tried to ask about it but got the messages quick. Pics too big to use forum pic posters,

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That's the same one that's immortalized on Google Street View:
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Old 03-04-2021, 10:31 AM   #6
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yup. If you follow him keep distance as parts may fall off at any time. Gold Beach home of the dead dairy queen and rotting boat display.
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That is one of the coolest for sure!


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Old 03-14-2021, 06:10 PM   #8
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Old 03-17-2021, 05:26 AM   #10
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This photo was taken in 1959 after a truck loaded with explosives caught fire and leveled most of the downtown area of Roseburg, Oregon. Roseburg today is a big hotrod town; I wonder if that AD truck in the background is still somewhere in town?
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Old 03-14-2021, 06:12 PM   #12
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I guess it was built with what he had laying around.
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Colorized.
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What is a Viking?
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What is a Viking?
Viking is the larger series Chevrolet. Also used the Spartan name in cab overs
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Colorized.
This photo i like, well i love them all actually, especially in color. I know it's probably not the right hew, but this is how I imagined it looked then.
My 1942 1.5 ton is was this color, except had black fenders and running boards
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Portable parking lot.
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Yes and much of old downtown roseburg looks same except for homeless roaming around.
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Yes and much of old downtown roseburg looks same except for homeless roaming around.
There is a memorial plaque at the blast site. The explosion absolutely leveled a square mile of town. At least 14 people were killed. Here's another TF truck in the rubble:
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There may be more pictures from that blast here in this thread. The story was very tragic, and as I remember the truck driver blamed himself for the damage despite the trucking company being found at fault.
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Here's a truck that's still doing what it did.








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"Mr First in Line" used this '51 Panel to drive from Yuma to Indy in time to be the first at the 500, for 12 years.



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