Ya... that WC53 is the ticket!!
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I love old pickup/work trucks. Even though I grew up during the muscle care era in the late 60's, I've always preferred pickup trucks. As a teenager back in the late 60's, all the guys I knew with a new camaro, mustang, or firebird were punk-ass rich kids and Daddy had bought them that awesome car. All the old farmers around me that I admired/respected were MEN and they could actually teach me something useful, give me a job, and they all drove pickup trucks. Maybe they got me to relating driving a pickup truck to becoming a man. In fact, I've just realized I haven't actually owned a car since I got out of the Army 45 years ago, so there may be some validity to that thought....
I stay in touch with some of my oldest friends on Facebook and today I came across a picture of a really nice looking old pickup. When I clicked on it, it took me to a FB page that features nothing but old trucks. I loved it and thought I'd share with some guys on this Forum that seem to love old trucks also. Here's the link and a picture of an unusual truck that is posted on that FB page as a teaser to the rest of the content and it's something you don't see every day. I wonder if that 1929 Colorado "Special Permit" has expired.....
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1929 Model A Concrete Mixer Truck
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I stay in touch with some of my oldest friends on Facebook and today I came across a picture of a really nice looking old pickup. When I clicked on it, it took me to a FB page that features nothing but old trucks. I loved it and thought I'd share with some guys on this Forum that seem to love old trucks also. Here's the link and a picture of an unusual truck that is posted on that FB page as a teaser to the rest of the content and it's something you don't see every day. I wonder if that 1929 Colorado "Special Permit" has expired.....
FB Old Truck Page
1929 Model A Concrete Mixer Truck
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Thanks Bob, Was aqquanted with the long and short wheel base models like the series1 in your photo, but it was the series 2 with the fully floating rear axles model with full canvas canopy from cab to tray and this was fitted with a 6 cylinder red Holden motor (GM and a mod) not mine, a workmate's, which was an improvement over the 4 cylinder that the vehicles came out with, and the 4 cylinder diesel, my wife always said they go faster backwards than forward.Here you go FredM this one is for you...... It's got a tow boom, a serious winch on the front, and they even put the steering wheel on the wrong side
1969 Land Rover 2A.
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Later models came out with a 6 cylinder petrol engine that was OHV inlet and side valve exhaust, crap engine that one, had a history of burning the exhaust valves.
Overall, they weren't a bad runabout.
FredM --- Help me out here, came across this one this morning and never heard of it, but that's a good looking old truck.... Guy that rebuilt it is out of Tasmania, so I'm hoping you're the guy that might be able to shed some details on them
Austin A40
1948 Austin A40
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Austin A40
1948 Austin A40
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