And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Today's suburban college-educated, soccer mom who campaigns part time to save the planet and coexist with the poor migrants, needs a $60,000 capped, WiFi enabled heated-seat extended-cab 7-liter GMC Sierra to do her Mall runs. We've come a long way baby!
I would have bought that, but at least a 6cyl. I want to go faster then 62mph downhill with a tailwind... I beat myself every day getting rid of my 68 Chevy Step-side C10 with a stovebolt 6cyl and three on the tree.
Used to call them "Cornbinders"....when I graduated I went to work as an electrician's apprentice in 1968....they had one or two of them, one with tool bins on the back....BTW, my pay was the then minimum wage of $1.60 hr.....12.80 a day....my kids said they wouldn't wake up in the morning for 12.80 a day....the good old days.....upside was gas at .26 a gal, groceries 15 bucks for a week's worth for two people, etc.
The engine was interesting. 4 cyl which was built on a V8 block using only one side. My granddaddy had a Scout with that engine. I think it was like 152 CI.
I had one. a Scout 800 - it was a 196 c.i., torquey and utterly bulletproof. I also had one of these pickups for a while, '67 3/4t 4WD. Also bulletproof, but it would rattle your fillings out on washboard roads. It seemed like that bench seat was 7 ft across, I swear.....
My dad had an IH truck back in the early 70's. It was a real man's truck. Power nothing. It had a knob on the steering wheel to assist in turning. It was a 4wd with a granny gear 4-speed and a strait 6 under the hood. He got rid of it during the oil crisis in the 70's because it got 11mpg. I would love to have it now...
Today's suburban college-educated, soccer mom who campaigns part time to save the planet and coexist with the poor migrants, needs a $60,000 capped, WiFi enabled heated-seat extended-cab 7-liter GMC Sierra to do her Mall runs. We've come a long way baby!
ReplyDeleteBack when a half-ton truck actually meant a half-ton!
ReplyDeleteCourse you'd top out at 62 mph on the highway, downhill with a tailwind.
You ever try Jewish overdrive on the way down that hill Donald. That would have added another 15 mph fer sure and upped the gas mileage as well.
DeleteI would have bought that, but at least a 6cyl. I want to go faster then 62mph downhill with a tailwind... I beat myself every day getting rid of my 68 Chevy Step-side C10 with a stovebolt 6cyl and three on the tree.
ReplyDeleteUsed to call them "Cornbinders"....when I graduated I went to work as an electrician's apprentice in 1968....they had one or two of them, one with tool bins on the back....BTW, my pay was the then minimum wage of $1.60 hr.....12.80 a day....my kids said they wouldn't wake up in the morning for 12.80 a day....the good old days.....upside was gas at .26 a gal, groceries 15 bucks for a week's worth for two people, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe engine was interesting. 4 cyl which was built on a V8 block using only one side. My granddaddy had a Scout with that engine. I think it was like 152 CI.
ReplyDeleteI had one. a Scout 800 - it was a 196 c.i., torquey and utterly bulletproof. I also had one of these pickups for a while, '67 3/4t 4WD. Also bulletproof, but it would rattle your fillings out on washboard roads. It seemed like that bench seat was 7 ft across, I swear.....
Deleteand a 5' 6" guy could stand on the side and reach in the bed and get his tools with out straining.
ReplyDeleteMy dad had an IH truck back in the early 70's. It was a real man's truck. Power nothing. It had a knob on the steering wheel to assist in turning. It was a 4wd with a granny gear 4-speed and a strait 6 under the hood. He got rid of it during the oil crisis in the 70's because it got 11mpg. I would love to have it now...
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