Rusty Old American Dream: 1964 Chevy Truck: Thanks to David Wilcox
Posted on 01/04/2015 4:53:02 PM PST by upbeat5
I’ve got a 2000 Suburban with 300,000 miles that is going strong. It has a few scratches, but otherwise it’s pretty much as it was when I got it. I’ve had people warn that various parts wouldn’t last—transmission, window motors, and air compressor—but they are all original and working fine. The only non-original part is the starter. I put new leather on the driver’s seat about 30,000 miles ago.
They are probably held together by duct tape and bondo as well...
Someone here knows what a PDP-1 is! I doubt the Chevy owner could have afforded the electricity bill for a PDP-1, which required programming bit-by-bit. It had no operating system.
Just lost my 98 Taurus to a small fire started by a backfire when unburned fuel was in the air intake. I would have kept it for another fifteen years. For older cars (Taurus stopped selling the oval design in 2007), you can't find new parts. Junkyards are an adventure I'd rather not experience again.
Pickup trucks seem to have changed little, and Chevys along with Fords were built the old way. Time, however, is money. I've heard that Prius taxis are going 300,000 in city driving changing the business model for Toyota, and for used car dealers. Not so good for long commutes, and bad if not used for a month or two. Batteries need activity daily for best performance. But that problem too will be solved.
The efficiency of petroleum energy to power conversion is still better than that of electric power generated by whatever, and stored chemically, as nice and quiet as electric cars are. The hydrocarbons were burned away from most of our highways. Only nuclear generation today offers a true clean air solution, and activists have all but killed new nuclear generation in the U.S.
China is on track to build about one hundred thirty nuclear plants during the next ten years. China badly needs to improve its air quality. Its rise to the world's largest economy along with largest manufacturer should make the investment possible, since the cost for power plants, including nuclear is usually amortized in three to four years. China is one of few countries with the foundries capable of manufacturing nuclear pressure vessels.
I drove it for 2 years then sold it for $500.
Except if you’re from the Burlington ‘diversity mafia’, or the saviors of the dairy industry.
‘84 Ford F150XLT long bed with 452k+ miles on it.
Original tranny. Had a short block replaced in ‘89 due to using Pennzoil, parafin based oil seizing up in the engine.
Rebuilt engine was tight and has 380k on it.
If Chevrolet had any sense at all, they would pay him to make a commercial with this truck.
(Cue the truck, this guy walking out to it. open the door, get in and slam it shut. Look at the camera.)
“Yeah, it doesn’t look like much. If it ever quits running, I’ll buy another Chevy.”
(Crank the truck, put it in gear and drive away.)
Voice over - “Chevy Trucks. Built to last.”
292 sounds right. That was Chevy’s “big six” back then. The half ton trucks got a 235 and the bigger trucks got the 292. Lots of school buses and tow trucks had that engine.
In my experience those cost more than $75.
;-)
“omeone here knows what a PDP-1 is! I doubt the Chevy owner could have afforded the electricity bill for a PDP-1, which required programming bit-by-bit. It had no operating system.”
That makes for less overhead for playing Space Wars.
I think I remember the Chevy 292 but this was a Ford with a V-8. I am going on memory and it might have been a 56 and it could have been a 312 but I think it was a 292.
I don't think you can pick her up for $75.
Whoops, that’s right, the truck you’re talking about is a Ford. I don’t know the Ford engines as well. I know Chevy from that era because I briefly owned a 1951 half ton in the mid ‘90s.
-——Let’s tell the truth. The guy’s a miser. I pity his poor wife. I would hate to see the condition of his underwear.-——
I have to admit I had until recently some shoes And t-shirts I had since high school....
35 + years ago
My wife threw them out....a couple of years ago...
Sorry but I draw the line on underwear, it has to be able to stay up...once the waistband goes... They go...
“’59 Rambler...you were THE chick-magnet in HS.”
In high school I had a 1959 MGA fixed head in BRG. My buddy had a black Studebaker Lark (don’t remember the model year) that the seats layed down flat like like a roll-away bed. He and I switched cars depending on what the upcoming date night looked like. The MG was a chick pickup magnet, the Lark was, well a chick activity magnet. Shameful. Simply shameful.
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That’s a late 60’s or early 70’s model. Looks like it has the big rear window. The 68 had the small one.
The earlier 60’s Chevys also had rear coil springs.
Great pic.
I learned to drive with 3 on the tree in a 63 Impala.
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