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.
This was our family of six ride from mid-60's to early 70's. Ours was a used, home-made custom 'camper' with three short bunk beds and a foldup counter/ cupboard. No AC of course. When it was real hot out we had to open all the windows and remove the engine cover between the front seats to keep it cool enough to climb the local freeways up toward the mountains. Back when travelling 100 miles was an adventure.
Had a '65? 5 window pickup version, around '73. The pickups had a counter weight mounted above the fuel tank, as it was too light on the rear wheels without a load in it. Lots of body rust. Best feature was the low bed height for loading motorcycles. Had the biggest six in it. 300 cubes? Sold it to an uncle a year later, who used it for picking up discarded furniture for his budding auction business. Hmm, wonder if his kids are still running that business south of Philly?
Had a 65 that I pulled the straight 6 and put a 351C about 18 inches rearward from the original engine. Bottom of the valve covers was even with the floor. C4 automatic and 8 inch driveshaft. If you bounced the front end a couple of times with the throttle, it would pull the front tires about 2 inches off the ground at full throttle. It was a Ralph Naders "unsafe at any speed" but when you are 22 you are bulletproof. A lot of fun to drive...........
Perhaps a 1965 Econoline. I drove one of those quite a bit, it sorts of floats down the road.
ReplyDeleteI drove a 1963 cab over engine econoline when I worked as a telephone repairman. It was cheaper to replace the engines than buy new ones.
ReplyDeleteThe ones in the upper Midwest rotted out rather quickly, as I remember.
ReplyDeleteDrove one of those during Spring Break in about '62 or '63 picking up and delivering office supplies for a company my dad worked for.
ReplyDeletethere was a pickup, also, IIRC
ReplyDeleteI had an early 60s Chevy van, I liked the motor (straight 6) between the seats.
ReplyDeleteI have a '63 Falcon van. The pic above is of a camper van and it's probably a Falcon as well.
ReplyDeleteHad a 67 GMC. 6 banger, 3 on the tree, doghouse in the middle for my main squeeze.
ReplyDeleteThis was our family of six ride from mid-60's to early 70's. Ours was a used, home-made custom 'camper' with three short bunk beds and a foldup counter/ cupboard. No AC of course. When it was real hot out we had to open all the windows and remove the engine cover between the front seats to keep it cool enough to climb the local freeways up toward the mountains. Back when travelling 100 miles was an adventure.
ReplyDeleteDrove one in 1971 . What a feeling driving along looking out the windshield with nothing in front of you.
ReplyDeleteA friend in HS had one in the early 70s, we did a lot of partying and went to a bunch of concerts in that thing.
ReplyDeleteHad a '65? 5 window pickup version, around '73. The pickups had a counter weight mounted above the fuel tank, as it was too light on the rear wheels without a load in it. Lots of body rust. Best feature was the low bed height for loading motorcycles. Had the biggest six in it. 300 cubes? Sold it to an uncle a year later, who used it for picking up discarded furniture for his budding auction business. Hmm, wonder if his kids are still running that business south of Philly?
ReplyDeleteHad a 65 that I pulled the straight 6 and put a 351C about 18 inches rearward from the original engine. Bottom of the valve covers was even with the floor. C4 automatic and 8 inch driveshaft. If you bounced the front end a couple of times with the throttle, it would pull the front tires about 2 inches off the ground at full throttle.
ReplyDeleteIt was a Ralph Naders "unsafe at any speed" but when you are 22 you are bulletproof. A lot of fun to drive...........