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1986 Chevrolet C10. Swift Current

 

from Alex Emond: Here's a low-key, non headturner of a pickup. Parked on the street in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Nice example of a modestly restored truck - trying its best to go unnoticed . Battleship grey. Still , it is a classic."

AL: here's the Texas short-bed version.

1936 Chevrolet 1-ton truck

 

I'm guessing. if you have a better idea th 1936 1-ton, let me know. Basha Burwell saw the truck in Boston.

1951 Chevrolet 3100 Somerville, Mass.

1987 GMC K3500 Diesel

  For sale in Wiscasset, Maine.

Schooner Westward

 

Schooner Westward. Nathaniel Herreshoff design. Launched 1910. Steel hull, 96' AWL.

1955 Ford F100, Swift Current

 From Alex Emond, in Saskatchewan: "I can't figure out what year this truck is. Most of the Ford trucks that I look up have that decorative bit on the side of the hood and this doesn't. Anyway, I saw this truck in motion, in Swift Current, so I followed it, trying to get a shot or two. The guy was in a hurry, it seemed, and I had to chase him like some undercover cop. Nice looking truck ... you know that I'm no fan of whitewall tires on work vehicles, but I'll forgive him."

AL: F-1 and (Canadian) M-3 posted here.

1972 GMC 3500

 A.J. Baime's story about Bob Fulmer's truck was in the WSJ:
"A friend of mine owns a shop at an airport near where I live, and I hang out there sometimes. I owned a helicopter for 10 years, and he serviced it. One day, I was at the airport when I noticed an old rusted truck in the woods with weeds growing out of it. I asked about it, and my friend told me the story.
"Many years earlier he had purchased this 1972 GMC truck to plow snow at the airport. For years it served its purpose, until it didn’t anymore. It had been rotting in the woods for a long time. The minute I saw it, I was flooded with memories.

"I grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania. When I was a kid, my father purchased a 1967 Chevy as a work truck. He had a livestock body built onto the back, and he would haul cattle for himself and for neighboring farmers. I have vivid memories of the Wednesdays when we would all jump in the truck, load the back and go to the local cattle auction. Later, both my brother and I learned to drive in that truck.
When I saw the rotted GMC in the woods in 2016, it reminded me of my father’s truck, for good reason. The GMC trucks of that era were similar to the Chevy trucks (both were built by General Motors ), and the body style from 1967 was very similar to this 1972. That generation of Chevy/GMC trucks (1967 to 1972) remains highly popular among enthusiasts.
"I asked my buddy if I could buy the 1972 GMC. We negotiated a price of $400, and I had it pulled out of the woods and towed to my home. I started on a restoration and quickly the pickup was in pieces in my driveway...."

"The engine was beyond repair. So I bought a new GM crate engine. The utility body on the back was also rusted beyond repair. So I built a new flatbed out of steel. The deck has its own story. About 30 years ago, my father went into the Pennsylvania mountains and spent three months sawing timber. He gave me a truckload of it for Christmas—because I have always been into woodworking—and the lumber survived in good condition. I built a flatbed deck for my truck with that lumber.

"For a maiden voyage, I took my girlfriend, Lynn, for a drive through those same mountains where my father harvested the wood. The truck, the lumber, those mountains—it all came full circle.
"Nowadays, Lynn and I take the GMC pickup to car shows and antique agricultural shows. It worked hard in its day, but now all it hauls is a picnic basket."

Hudson Super Six pickup.

Caught the truck? at Motorland in Arundel, Maine.

1989 GMC 6500

from Reid Cunningham: This medium duty GMC (no later than 1990 but I couldn't do any better on year) looked to be a work companion to the Ford crew cab. 30+ year old trucks still earning their keep. Philadelphia PA. I am constantly amazed how many square body based medium duty Chevrolet and GMC trucks are still rolling.

Have Charger, No Phone

 

Plug an engine not an iPhone into a Charger.