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To: Spktyr
Those are the smaller Nissan and Toyota trucks,. The Japanese have done a great job with them but as far as full sized trucks, the Japanese brands haven’t been on the market long enough to really know. I still see Ford and Chevys from the 70’s and 80’s on the road today. In 20 years will we see 2003 Tundras and Titans? Who knows.
62 posted on 10/16/2007 12:29:57 PM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: normy

You see all of the older American vehicles on the road (I don’t see very many at all in my part of the world) because parts are cheap for American cars, which is good considering how many you’ll need!


136 posted on 10/16/2007 7:04:10 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: normy

still see Ford and Chevys from the 70’s and 80’s on the road today.

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I occasionally see a Ford F-1 from the early fifties still on the road. My father bought a 51 model new and had no trouble with it for six years and then someone drove a huge Buick into it at an intersection and destroyed it. I think one of those things would last forever if you took proper care of it. He used to drive it all over the fields on the farm and routinely haul two to four times the rated payload.
I had an uncle who lived next door who owned a 49 model of the same truck and it too seemed indestructible. He died in 59 and the truck was sold and I saw it occasionaly for many years afterward, That truck had been used for hauling everything from firewood to 2000 pound cattle. The old flathead V-8 was still strong after ten years of hard use.


163 posted on 10/17/2007 11:08:41 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Does anybody still believe this is a free country?)
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