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.
A friend bought a brand new 1974 Chevy Luv. Today it still looks like it just rolled of the showroom floor. It doesn't take lots of elbow grease, just regular wash & wax.
He's a fine finish carpenter and the truck is his daily driver. He uses a feather duster to knock down the dust from job sites.
I had a 71 Chevy, 1/2 ton, long bed. Got it from my brother who owned it several years before I did. I owned it 5 years and it was a daily driver. It was nearly indestructible. I never washed it, but I did regular oil changes and lubed the chassis and that was about it. I ended up giving it to my brother in law and he still has it. It sits in a field near his house on his farm. It died one day and there she sits. Too bad, it was a fun truck to drive and it was easy to maintain.
We had a 70 3/4 ton GMC long bed that was red with a white top. It had a granny gear 4 speed behind a 400ci engine. I don't what the rear gearing was but it would top out at 96 mph. This was back in the late 70's when I was a teenager on the farm. I would run the seat belt through the steering wheel and put it granny low and walk beside it loading hay bales on it. I could get 68 bales before I headed to the barn.
had a one ton, dual wheel, flatbed version of that with a 396 and an automatic, used to drag race that damn thing in high school. was geared low enough to plow with!
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I think they'd both be a good ride.
ReplyDeleteStill washing my '71 C20 with 90k miles.
ReplyDeleteA friend bought a brand new 1974 Chevy Luv. Today it still looks like it just rolled of the showroom floor. It doesn't take lots of elbow grease, just regular wash & wax.
ReplyDeleteHe's a fine finish carpenter and the truck is his daily driver. He uses a feather duster to knock down the dust from job sites.
Which one?
ReplyDeleteI had a 71 Chevy, 1/2 ton, long bed. Got it from my brother who owned it several years before I did. I owned it 5 years and it was a daily driver. It was nearly indestructible. I never washed it, but I did regular oil changes and lubed the chassis and that was about it. I ended up giving it to my brother in law and he still has it. It sits in a field near his house on his farm. It died one day and there she sits. Too bad, it was a fun truck to drive and it was easy to maintain.
ReplyDeleteYou should get the truck back and fix it up.
DeleteWe had a 70 3/4 ton GMC long bed that was red with a white top. It had a granny gear 4 speed behind a 400ci engine. I don't what the rear gearing was but it would top out at 96 mph. This was back in the late 70's when I was a teenager on the farm. I would run the seat belt through the steering wheel and put it granny low and walk beside it loading hay bales on it. I could get 68 bales before I headed to the barn.
ReplyDeleteMe too.
ReplyDeleteThe truck's not bad either.
You beat to your second sentence!
Deletehad a one ton, dual wheel, flatbed version of that with a 396 and an automatic, used to drag race that damn thing in high school. was geared low enough to plow with!
ReplyDeleteThem was good trucks!
ReplyDeleteGot one. The GMC version. Needs a tiny bit of touchup before the next registration.
ReplyDeleteThere's no wealth of leg space; it's a lot like driving a CJ5, but the steering isn't quite as dicey.