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What would YOU do with this cool old Ford Truck?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by oldebob, Jun 13, 2010.

  1. oldebob
    Joined: Oct 21, 2008
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    oldebob
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    from Spokane WA

    I have seen this truck from the rear at a long distance for several years at a race track we run at. I thought it was an old boxvan body setting there for storage. I walked over to ck it out yesterday AM and it turned out to be this. I think it is an old Railway Express Agency truck. The orig paint showing was Pullman Green . Close to olive drab but more green and shiny. I asked the owner later about it and he said it was an old ambulance, which I doubt. Also said they didn't want to sell it, but next time I see his brother I'm going to ask him as he might have different answer. :D It is a 11/2 ton but appears to have a heavy duty 3 speed box. Possibly some kind of special setup for their fleet. It has the 224" six in it. Very complete and orig except for the crappy camper conversion and a stove pipe hole cut in one side. It is really roomy in the cab and the box is very well built, quite solid and unusually large. I'm curious if someone might have a good idea for this.
     

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  2. bfink55
    Joined: May 31, 2007
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    from Turlock CA

    move it down by the river and live in it !
     
  3. roadworthy'49
    Joined: Apr 17, 2010
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    roadworthy'49
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    make a sweet ass camper!
     
  4. defenatly a camper.. or a cool car hauler complete with sleeping quarters..
     
  5. Captain Morgan
    Joined: Dec 13, 2009
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    part it out and buy a Chevy :D
     
  6. Francisco Plumbero
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    Francisco Plumbero
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    from il.

    I would make a crew truck out of it, live in half and portable shop/hauler out back.
     
  7. Use it as a vendor for flea markets....stan
     
  8. Johnny Gee
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    from Downey, Ca

  9. BOWTIE BROWN
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    i would park it in front of the neighbor's house & really piss him off.
     
  10. GRNONION50
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    GRNONION50
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    from Oakwood

    make it a drag truck with twin turbos
     
  11. oldebob
    Joined: Oct 21, 2008
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    oldebob
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    from Spokane WA

    I do have a neighbor that would work with. Thanks for the idea:D
     
  12. Three little words:

    " Mobile Strip Club"
     
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  13. AZ29
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    AZ29
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    from Arizona

    Put some beds in back, and paint "Westward Ho - House" on it.
     
  14. fiftyv8
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    from CO & WA

    Chop it, channel it and slam it into the weeds or alternatively a twister chaser...
     
  15. I am just barely old enough to remember 'rolling stores.' Back when a lot of people in rural areas didn't have cars, general store owners would use a vehicle like this (or an old school bus with seats removed), fit it with shelves stocked with a variety of general merchandize items, and drive down all the country roads, making stops for anybody who needed anything from the store. They would also buy or trade for eggs, locally grown produce, etc. to resell. My cousin's husband Charles Allen, who recently died in his early 80's, operated the last rolling store around Villa Rica GA. My grandfather Bailey's tool shed was the body from a truck just like the one you're looking at.
     
  16. Truckedup
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    Mobile medical marijuana outlet.or a lunch wagon,or both.
     
  17. thepolecat
    Joined: Mar 24, 2009
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    is wide and long enough to put a car in?

    car hauler for the win!
     
  18. cagedruss
    Joined: Mar 21, 2007
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    Well if I had it I would turn it in to a Race Car Hauler. Convert the box into a living space while at the track and tow our trailer with it. Very cool find. Hope you can get it!
     
  19. PegLegStrick
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  20. povertyflats
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    from Missouri

    I would paint it green with black front fenders and wheels, gut the interior out of it and use it to haul my 4 motorized bikes to car shows. Would definately be the coolest kid on the block.
     
  21. 66Coronet440
    Joined: Oct 26, 2009
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    Camper or mobile shop.
     
  22. Bob, you know damn well your midget would fit in the back, with a couple flat track bike too :D
     
  23. leave it sitting there and quickly run away
     
  24. El Gordo
    Joined: Aug 20, 2007
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    There is an old guy livin' in it! Leave it alone![​IMG]
     
  25. havi
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    havi
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    I suggest you bring it to my house, and leave it here.
     
  26. Okie Pete
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    Okie Pete
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    I have one and hope to make a bike hauler out of it some day.
     

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  27. Normal Norman
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    Normal Norman
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    from Goshen IN.

    What would I do with it? Run like hell away from it! N.N.
     
  28. Bama Jama
    Joined: Feb 7, 2007
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    Looks like the Railway Express trucks we had here. If you were down here in NASCAR land it would make a good track weekend party truck. Put some fold up chairs on the roof with a blow up swimmin pool and a cooler filled with Bud. Glad I'm not a NASCAR fan.
     
  29. Stevie Nash
    Joined: Oct 24, 2007
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    Stevie Nash
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    You could chop it without losing any windshield! :cool:
     

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