Workin' truck; let's see yours!

Here's a pic of my '59 Stude this morning. I cut back the grapevine, and used the Stude to haul off the vines. This is moderate compared to what's been in the bed of this thing. My grandad's in the masonry business, and I've seen this truck loaded to the brim with brick, block, and even a crate of stone. This old workhorse still earns it's keep. You can keep your old pampered show truck!

 

Heres a load I pulled recently.

I have been driving this truck for 16 years, pulling antique cars thru 4 states

 

My 51 Ford. Just a plain work truck in primer. Had a hard life at a mechanic shop with a wrecker unit in the back which bent the frame. Flathead V8 and 4 on the floor. Here it is.....Before, and after.

 

My 50 Chevy 3/4 ton longbed farm truck. Still wearing it's grain side boards for hauling wheat.

 

1st: You need to come to the next HAMB and GRITS meeting for Georgia members.

2nd: Here's an old thread full of shop trucks. Dunno if that's what you're looking for or not.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225095&showall=1

 

While not a real current pic, here's one from a while back Matthew...
Jeff

 

Here's ours...

 

Here's my old truck. Posted a couple other places on the HAMB. Just loaded it down with a load of garbage to the "dump" this morning.

Love old trucks!

48 Poncho

 

Wow Jeff! You actually used that thing as a truck??

Who's C-cab in the corner of the pic? That your old 2R?

 

My daily driver. I should take a photo of it right now, sitting in the snow. I drive it to work every morning.

 

my brother in law had one same year great truck used it for hunting and fishing and just his dailey driver , katrina took it .. bummer hes been lookin for another but cant bring himself to replace it..

 

Great truck. Can you describe your engine/rear setup for towing that much weight?

 

I've tried this picture thing on here a couple of times with no luck. The only pictures I've been able to load up are the one you saw before and the one in my profile. I'm gonna try again.......

 

The truck was used on the dragstrip in the 60s.
They mounted the rear axle with the coil springs, sway bar and torque arms from a 66 Chevy pickup.
That means no leaf spring windup or wheel hop and absolutely no sideways movement of the axle.
That works VERY well.
I added an extra set of booster springs that clamp to the axle for the loads.
And of course good shocks.

I ran the truck for 11 years with no front shocks but this longer trailer required that I add good front shocks.
Rear axle is a 1967 Ford pickup,
front axle is stock with 53-56 front brakes and self adjusters.

 

Dammit... it worked. Kind of. This might sound stupid to the ones that are posting pictures on here. My pics are small and don't have the option to upsize. I am using a Fuji digital and downloading to photobucket. I'm obviously missing a step to make my photos happy for the HAMB users. Please tell me the formula to bring them on the HAMB at the size they should be. I load photos on Ebay & Racing Junk every week with no problems, but this is a different story.

 

When you upload them to Photobucket click on the "IMG code" to highlight it then right click and copy and then paste the code on the HAMB. Then you will have the nice big pictures.

 

here is one i'm trying to get my hands on to use for my sign business

 

my old f1, ripping up the old stairs to my deck

 

This is a work in progress so bare with us...

 

My wife's 50 Chevy haulin dirt and firewood. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/95040/VPCXF-ebay.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/95040/EMRFX-ebay009.jpg

 

Here's my Dodge workhorse.....

 

Re: Workin' truck; let's see yours!

The F-1 rippin' up the steps....Love it!

 

Both of my trucks have to work for their gas.

Here's the Model A full of Tile before the Roundup when PBRmeASAP stopped by for a couple days to tile my kitchen. Then the long block I picked up for really cheap.

I can't find a shot of the Elcamino with the GMC270 and Trans loaded up.
TZ

 

Its been posted several places here on the HAMB, but what the heck, you ask.

Yes, that is a functioning snow plow on the front of the truck. We are suppose to get 3" tonight, if we do, I'll try to get pictures of it at work. Its been raining nearly all day though. Gene

 

here's mine, a bit too new for this site, but nobody has to know that!

 

Heres my Dad's WWII weapons carrier. Yes, the cab is the remains of a 35-37 Ford pickup. This thing is a beast, and will go anywere. He bought it off a farm as-is for 50.00, just to get a set of tire chains for his tractor that were in the back. He got it running, and the rest is history.

 

here is mine, a 1953 International R-120

 

I believe this truck is now in Connecticut, right?

 

Here is my 1971 chevy 3/4 ton 4x4.

I really like the blue truck with the plow on the front.

jp

 

Ol' Yellar, '78 F150 351 4sp.