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 thought there were no civvie vehicles made during the war. I suppose it could be classed as a farm truck, but you'd have to have distinctive ethics to know you've taken a useful truck away from the men who are dying to protect you.
I really don't know how they came up with a '43 year model. They didn't begin production of the "Flat Fender Power Wagon" until '45, after the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Power_Wagon
I used to call them a civilian off-road Power Wagon. I picked up that term in the '70s.
War is about Logistics. You can not fight if you are starving, you have to feed those building the Weapons, etc. You have a lot going on behind the Front.
I really like this truck style. The new Jeep trucks look similar to it.
ReplyDelete...me with "lottery money"...
ReplyDeleteThat is one handsome vehicle.
ReplyDelete"Handsome" is a good word for that truck.
DeleteSometimes it's hard to find a good place to keep your highlift jack.
ReplyDeletePistachio, not mint.
ReplyDeleteHoney Dew, Celery, Tomato new shoot, Gerber's, but not mint.
DeleteA beauty for sure, most classy color combo.
ReplyDeleteCompetent utility vehicle repurposed as a prettified static display.
ReplyDeleteI thought there were no civvie vehicles made during the war. I suppose it could be classed as a farm truck, but you'd have to have distinctive ethics to know you've taken a useful truck away from the men who are dying to protect you.
ReplyDeleteI really don't know how they came up with a '43 year model. They didn't begin production of the "Flat Fender Power Wagon" until '45, after the war.
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Power_Wagon
I used to call them a civilian off-road Power Wagon. I picked up that term in the '70s.
War is about Logistics. You can not fight if you are starving, you have to feed those building the Weapons, etc. You have a lot going on behind the Front.
Deletemy experience w/ power wagon 4x's is them things will climb a wall.
ReplyDeleteYou can't hide money Diamond Jim!
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