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.
Back in 1965, my father's company had one of these work trucks for sale (I don't remember the asking price, but it was cheap). Since I was on a 120-day delay program heading for US Marine boot camp, my father thought that it would be prudent for me not to purchase the vehicle.
Nice - but the memsahib and I would need to carry a stepladder to get into it!
ReplyDeleteAs CW is wont to say, I'd drive that.
ReplyDeleteHell, I'd live in it. Temporarily, now and then.
DeleteGuessing '47 or '48, the first two years of the 'Advanced Design' concept.
ReplyDelete1951 Chevrolet 3800 with NAPCO conversion.
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Two doors to squeeze everyone into and out of. The three door model was a small improvement but they definitely needed a fourth door.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, it would make a damn nice work truck.
rust bucket
ReplyDeleteBack in 1965, my father's company had one of these work trucks for sale (I don't remember the asking price, but it was cheap). Since I was on a 120-day delay program heading for US Marine boot camp, my father thought that it would be prudent for me not to purchase the vehicle.
ReplyDelete***SIGH!!!***
It's a tour bus.
ReplyDeleteIt wants to be a retro RV.
ReplyDeleteI can feel it.