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[special-K]

That's a fantastic picture! Wouldn't it be nice to have a picture like that for every year?

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[powerdriver 1958]

Digging thru some old pics at work

[watahyahknow]

Originally Posted by powerdriver 1958

Digging thru some old pics at work

i seen both types of trucks here in the netherlands there still running today , there being used as race-hobby trucks the white one is a ford (think i posted the picture of that one on here before) the one next to it is an austin

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[C10 - C90 Bill]

Pretty impressive.

A Show Truck hauling Show Cars!!

[haminator]

I may have posted these on another thread but o well.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by haminator

I may have posted these on another thread but o well.

Thanks for posting (again?). Those are great old shots!

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[marvgarr68]

Nice. I like to see old trucks still working.

[haminator]

Thanks. That s me standing by the tire at about age 4. Wonder why I drive trucks today? The tanker was my grandpa's. He hauled water to a small housing development in the mountains of norther AZ before they got "city" water. It had a V-6, people said you could hear it climb the mountains 10 miles away.

[marvgarr68]

Hauling water not a fun job. I hauled water with my Pete out here for about 2 years. That GMC probably had a 6v71 Detroit the best sound there is.

[haminator]

I remember looking when I was old enough to know and it had a gas V-6. I was hoping for a 348. I must have crawled around that thing for hrs. Sat in it and pretended to drive it, lol. I think it was sold for scrap. I went to work for the water company when i was 22 and it was long gone. I asked my grandpa what happened to it, he said some junk yard hauled it off .

[special-K]

I even hear the ATHS guys calling some trucks not worth owning. They'll say they can't run with the speed limit on the freeways. What the...? Take the dang back roads,slow lane,or put it on that fast running lowboy you think is all that. The point is the old trucks made America what it is and just because the herd looks forward and fast,it takes true vision to look back and cherish a better time. Yes...better
You won't hear the livestock complaining about this ride (well,maybe the smart one who knows where they're headed)

[marvgarr68]

This is true with all due respect to the ATHS guys some do not get what it is about. Most of the guys that don't like the slow trucks are the ones that take a vintage Pete or KW and put it on a newer frame for air ride and to be faster. Now this is ok if the old frame is in bad shape engine blown trans bad then I don't mind it. When you take a perfectly good truck cut it all up to make something you think is cool well you just ruined a piece of history. Like I said before they are time machines what I wouldn't give to go back in time and be a truck driver back then. No power steering no ac unless you had an add on unit no computers no ABS that is what trucking is about.

[haminator]

Originally Posted by marvgarr68

This is true with all due respect to the ATHS guys some do not get what it is about. Most of the guys that don't like the slow trucks are the ones that take a vintage Pete or KW and put it on a newer frame for air ride and to be faster. Now this is ok if the old frame is in bad shape engine blown trans bad then I don't mind it. When you take a perfectly good truck cut it all up to make something you think is cool well you just ruined a piece of history. Like I said before they are time machines what I wouldn't give to go back in time and be a truck driver back then. No power steering no ac unless you had an add on unit no computers no ABS that is what trucking is about.

Computers suck but I think I prefer power steering. However I would miss the cruise control without computers. Must be gettin to be a lazy trucker. Also if I cant run 75-80 I'm not a happy camper. 65 is just plain dangerous. Old trucks can be fast too.

[haminator]

Oh here's the wrecker in Mayer AZ. This thing has been sitting there for many many years. It gets moved around every few years. Still real complete. Inline six. Holmes bed. I know its a medium but not sure where to post it.

[haminator]

Few more wrecker pics

[special-K]

Yep.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Nice looking 9500.

That trailer is tall! Has to be about as tall as they get.

Bill

[C10 - C90 Bill]

There is a real good example of a Heavy Medium.

Nice looking truck.

Bill

[watahyahknow]

i like my comforts and the older trucks arent up to todays comforts
theres a reason why you see a lot of old photos of truckers with big arms sticking out of tanktops those trucks where hard to steer and hot in the summer

the older trucks look burly and tough thats prolly wat makes them atractive to the people trying to keep them on the road
there should be some left on the road but not to work more to keep the old days from being forgotten

[special-K]

I want that tow truck,too!! That thing is great! I sold my C/30 tow rig because I wanted a medium duty to use with light trucks.

It's not either/or,it's both. Newer trucks are what they are because they changed with what the times required. Everything about a truck is there for a reason. They move to meet our needs. Old trucks are old trucks and they are for liking,for all your own reasons. If you drive over the road for a living and love old trucks,you'll have both. I take old over new with about anything. If I drove one for a living I'd have an older modern truck. As old as is practical,or even older with updated running gear/drivetrain/power. I like simple and would even accept a little less comfort. My buddy just put a pair of take-out Boltroms in his '58 Reo. He had to cut the floor out to sink the seats through the floor. I know before,when you drove a few hours you knew it! No wonder there were so many truck stops...heh heh

Money people will realize more and more that vintage semis are the ultimate way to haul your toys,they'll become highly desired,prices will go up,and turn the whole thing around on us. If you want one,or more,better get one. I know I better!

[marvgarr68]

Originally Posted by special-K

I want that tow truck,too!! That thing is great! I sold my C/30 tow rig because I wanted a medium duty to use with light trucks.

It's not either/or,it's both. Newer trucks are what they are because they changed with what the times required. Everything about a truck is there for a reason. They move to meet our needs. Old trucks are old trucks and they are for liking,for all your own reasons. If you drive over the road for a living and love old trucks,you'll have both. I take old over new with about anything. If I drove one for a living I'd have an older modern truck. As old as is practical,or even older with updated running gear/drivetrain/power. I like simple and would even accept a little less comfort. My buddy just put a pair of take-out Boltroms in his '58 Reo. He had to cut the floor out to sink the seats through the floor. I know before,when you drove a few hours you knew it! No wonder there were so many truck stops...heh heh

Money people will realize more and more that vintage semis are the ultimate way to haul your toys,they'll become highly desired,prices will go up,and turn the whole thing around on us. If you want one,or more,better get one. I know I better!

This is true.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Comforts of today? I used to drive all day on a seat so wore out that I had to sit on an old folded up winter coat to see over the steering wheel. AC? Radio? ...forget it.

We were lucky we had a Heater in the winter time, lol.

No built-in fancy straps for our flat bed loads either. Chains and Binders. With 3 High Units of Lumber you had to really swing those Chains to get them on top. If the Chains were too heavy or the loads too high, you had to climb the units and pull them up instead.

This was back in the early to mid 70's. Good 'ol days.

Bill