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.
I had a '48 Chevy that was just rails from the cab back, a half a Miller Highlife can for a gas cap. Never transfered the title. All the handles were window rollers. One night I made a sweeping lefthand turn through an intersection just as the girl who was the outside of my two passengers thought she was rolling down her window but instead opened the door. She sailed out to the center of the intersection and landed flat square on her can. Fortunately she wasn't injured, but she was some kind of shook up about it.
I had one in high school.Mine was a 1951 F1. Starter button was on the floor, had three on the tree, transmission had no synchronizes, had to listen to the engine/trans then double clutch it, to go down the road, did I mention no power steering. Try driving that with a can of beer between your legs.
Back then, there was no such thing as a pickup owned just for transportation. What really got that category going was the discovery by the public in the early 80's that a pickup was cheaper than a car, and if you didn't need to carry more than two or three people, you were good to go. The drawback was that everyone you knew wanted to borrow yours to move their furniture or other bulky objects.
My first one was a 5 window? Econoline Pickup, '65 I think, in ~'74. Nice, low bed height, with a newer big six engine. Three on the tree. Sold it to my uncle for his auction business, and replaced it with a '66 Ford Ranchero. Swapped in a 302 and 4spd to replace the 289/3 tree trans. Long list of more light duty types over the years. A couple of which I regret selling, sigh...
Ford F1, ca 1950
ReplyDeleteGranddad had a '49
I would drive it. Do want.
ReplyDeleteThat's what a steel pick-up should be. Not a $70,000 4-door, with A/C & Wi-Fi Millennial ego-booster piece of plastic.
ReplyDeletestarter button?
ReplyDeleteI had a '48 Chevy that was just rails from the cab back, a half a Miller Highlife can for a gas cap. Never transfered the title. All the handles were window rollers. One night I made a sweeping lefthand turn through an intersection just as the girl who was the outside of my two passengers thought she was rolling down her window but instead opened the door. She sailed out to the center of the intersection and landed flat square on her can. Fortunately she wasn't injured, but she was some kind of shook up about it.
DeleteIt has a high-tech remote radio tuner on the turn signal stalk. Had one
ReplyDeletesimilar on my 48 Chevy convertible street rod in the 60s.
Bubbarust
I had a '54 Chevy that had add on turn signals that looked just like that.
DeleteMy '47 International KB-1 had a turn signal switch similar to that one.
Delete90% of the drivers on the road today cannot operate that vehicle.
ReplyDeleteCause they only have 2 feets.
And half a brain.
And twice the ass.
I had one in high school.Mine was a 1951 F1. Starter button was on the floor, had three on the tree, transmission had no synchronizes, had to listen to the engine/trans then double clutch it, to go down the road, did I mention no power steering. Try driving that with a can of beer between your legs.
ReplyDeleteGeared low for farm work, wouldn't go over 50 on the open road, and a good thing too.
ReplyDeleteBack then, there was no such thing as a pickup owned just for transportation. What really got that category going was the discovery by the public in the early 80's that a pickup was cheaper than a car, and if you didn't need to carry more than two or three people, you were good to go. The drawback was that everyone you knew wanted to borrow yours to move their furniture or other bulky objects.
ReplyDeleteMy first one was a 5 window? Econoline Pickup, '65 I think, in ~'74. Nice, low bed height, with a newer big six engine. Three on the tree. Sold it to my uncle for his auction business, and replaced it with a '66 Ford Ranchero. Swapped in a 302 and 4spd to replace the 289/3 tree trans. Long list of more light duty types over the years. A couple of which I regret selling, sigh...