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 would think the two rods that retract when you turn the handle would be the hinge pins, thus releasing that side to be lifted. Also releasing both would allow removing the hood altogether. Bubbarust
This truck is an example of the time when pick-ups were utility vehicles for the working class not ego boosting fashion statements for retired corporate executives.
On the other hand, when the rain really starts coming down hard, you want to slow down - and when you take your foot off the gas, the wipers speed up double-time. So there's that.
1954?
ReplyDeleteI never understood how the hood could open left or right
I would think the two rods that retract when you turn the handle
Deletewould be the hinge pins, thus releasing that side to be lifted. Also
releasing both would allow removing the hood altogether.
Bubbarust
Not unless I'm behind the wheel.
ReplyDeleteThis truck is an example of the time when pick-ups were utility vehicles for the working class not ego boosting fashion statements for retired corporate executives.
ReplyDeleteBelieve I'd swap my '10 model F150 XLT with 225K miles for it. Might still owe him $90K or so.
ReplyDeleteTruck version of "go home with who brung you to the dance".
ReplyDeleterowbinder! them trucks would last.
ReplyDeleteLooking like his offsets with those big tires are taking bites out of his front fenders.
ReplyDeleteput your nostalgia aside and recall what a pain in the can vacuum wipers were.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, when the rain really starts coming down hard, you want to slow down - and when you take your foot off the gas, the wipers speed up double-time. So there's that.
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