The odds of running into other old pickups at the dump are better than average. It justifies their existence, right? Except some folks folks buy an old truck, and start fixing it up, as this Task Master Chevy makes quite obvious. The owner bought it fifteen years ago, and once he started, he didn’t know when to stop; a familiar story. Guess that’s why I’ve never started.
What’s in the bed of the Chebbie?
Old trucks get to be like old horses or dogs; they’re pretty friendly & loyal.
Love that Task Master. PN’s F-100 is growing on me.
I love them both. I’ll trade my rusty 92 Explorer for either one.
Mercy sakes. Except for the grille – and the bright new paint – it’s a dead-ringer for a 1956 I worked with years ago, in 1977. Worked for a resort town…all the roads were private and the whole village was “governed” by a non-profit charitable outfit that also ran several 1880s-era resort hotels.
That old truck was one of their vehicles. It wasn’t assigned to us; but it was parked in the same barn as the landscape equipment. And it was only used in the summer, so aside from some rust over the headlight “eyebrows” it was cherry. Faded dark green…but cherry
Six-volt system. Floor-mounted pedal-actuated starter. Which was not controlled by the ignition key – it could be sitting there dead and cold, keys missing, and if you got in and hit the starter pedal, it would crank and lurch forward.
Really old-school…had the hand-fan speedometer, too; and the flat steering wheel.
I really miss having those old trucks around, in the periphery…today, a truck that age would be a 1992. Which I would think of as a “new” Ford or Chevy…as opposed to the “old” ones, pre-1980…
And your Ford will still out live it.
I’m sort of the same way with my bone-stock ’93 F-150 XL, which could be a show-stopper with not that much work and money.
But then I’d be as I was when I owned a brand-new truck, having to watch over it carefully as it was loaded at the home center and nursery. Life is much easier when you don’t feel the need to care if a truck picks up a few scratches and dings.
@Buzzdog,
This is so true. I have had pickups for work my whole life and currently drive a 1993 F250 which I bought 15 years ago. It too would look fantastic with a reasonable infusion of cash, but in the end it has earned its’ patina with years of hard work. Life is better with less worry.
Working trucks dont usually shine, but I do like that old Chev, Paul’s truck looks familiar and perfect just like it is. Stay away from that buff
Personally, I think the faded Ford looks much cooler than the shiny Chevy. Those bright colors on ’50s cars don’t do much for me. Neither do newer, polished wheels. He had the right idea with the steelie spare, it just needs four more of those (and that red-painted piece of trim re-chromed) and then the Lamborghini paint job would look much better.