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.
In Canada if a Plymouth dealership was a certain distance (25 miles I think) from the nearest Dodge dealership they could sell Fargo trucks. Fargos were built on Dodge assembly lines with different grilles, badges and paint colours. This ended in 1973. Ford did the same thing with Mercury pickup trucks. Al_in_Ottawa
Just realised that this only has a windshield wiper on the right hand side. Is this an Australian ute? That would explain the blending of the box into the cab and the skinny licence plate Al_in_Ottawa.
And a white Holden Torana SL/R 5000 sedan (maybe even an A9X) in the background as well. 'Has the large aluminium "race" fuel tank too that was a must-have for any street-cred back in the 1980s. So yes, this probably is somewhere in Australia.
When vehicles had style and class and you could tell them apart from other manufacturers' products.
ReplyDeleteWhat did this start out as, fire truck? I don't recall ever seeing one-piece fleet-sided pickups from that era.
ReplyDeleteFargo - Canadian. them cold old boys up north do things different.
ReplyDeleteIn Canada if a Plymouth dealership was a certain distance (25 miles I think) from the nearest Dodge dealership they could sell Fargo trucks. Fargos were built on Dodge assembly lines with different grilles, badges and paint colours. This ended in 1973. Ford did the same thing with Mercury pickup trucks.
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Many years ago in California I worked with a guy from Saskatoon with a Mercury pickup, seems like it was the same as a mid-50s Fords.
DeleteJust realised that this only has a windshield wiper on the right hand side. Is this an Australian ute? That would explain the blending of the box into the cab and the skinny licence plate
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Looks like a fire trick, handsome.
ReplyDeleteAnd a white Holden Torana SL/R 5000 sedan (maybe even an A9X) in the background as well. 'Has the large aluminium "race" fuel tank too that was a must-have for any street-cred back in the 1980s. So yes, this probably is somewhere in Australia.
ReplyDeleteHa! Well that answers that question. Thank you, B!
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Beautiful truck
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