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Do you all remember the old truck interiors??
Ricci.Wright
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They were so cool. I especially like those great big round steering wheels.
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Yep and the S.O.B. seats (slide over baby) when our song came on
Great thing about a 3 on the tree was no floor shifter to get in the way.
And the bumper bullets! Don
Nope, before my time.🙄
“You’ll put your eye out, kid!”
Yes! There's a couple things to manhandle there, and that big ol' steering wheel is one of them....
That is one heavy duty bra to get them puppies pulled that far up!! 😁
Likely naturally retroussé.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Yup, I have a '55 Second-Series shortbed Chevy. The interior is all metal -- dash, doors, window trim, etc. -- plus a vinyl seat. No safety equipment in those trucks!
Metal glove box covers, window cranks, wing windows, push button am/fm radio tuners...all gone
stay safe.
Nice
How the heck can she even see that seat belt she's messin' with?
had a truck like that once, cost me a lot of money to keep er running.
Great lookin seat cover right there.
Outta my way boys, I'm going for low range!
My post graduate degree so to speak in driving a straight drive was in a 1966 f100 truck 🌞. 352 big block with bench seats and 3 on the tree . Learning to hold it on a hill at a stoplights , without burning the clutch was the final exam , before Daddy would turn me loose on my own .
back when a truck was a truck no dash padding ,seatbelts air bags , custom seats and interior . .. fancy paint and wheels .
all that sissy stuff 😁
or hit something at 60 mph you may not make it but the truck would brush it off and keep going , now the driver will do fine with a few bumps and scrapes however the truck not so much 20k in damages if your lucky
true but with the four speed shifter you could slide your hand right off the shifter onto her knee or other places
"How the heck can she even see that seat belt she's messin' with?"
You must have forgotten the ol' tagline!
"It lifts, and SEPARATES"!
That ole truck appears to have some very good safety equipment. A roll bar!
Headlight dimmer switch was a button on the floorboard. Gas tank behind the seat. Vent windows you could turn out to catch more air. Gutter rails around the side windows to channel water away.
Those are lap belts only so nothing separated that pair other than clothing.
I remember those trucks, had cardboard as part of the headliner.
Ya'll remember the old Chevy's that took a clowns foot to start?
Push in the clutch with left foot, right heel on brakes, middle of right foot on gas and right big toe on the starter pedal.
A challenge to say the least.
Bench seats gave way to bucket seats/ birth control seats.
When I was very young my Grandfather had an old truck with a floor starter. It was in a large field behind our house and as I remember it I guess I had watched my Grandfather and knew how to start it. I was too small to reach the pedals sitting in the seat so I climbed in and shifted around till my feet were pointing up and I could push the starter with my hands. The truck must have been in first gear cause it started up and took off. Someone, and I don't remember who, managed to catch the truck and stop it before it got to the big ditch at the rear of the property which is where it was headed.
My Rover has a big start button on the firewall and it works with/without the key. If I need to move it around the garage or driveway I just put it in gear and hit the button. Away we go, on the starter motor.