Vintage Tow vehicle - Now in service, Again!

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Postby Ratkity » Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:56 pm

Absolutely perfect together!!!

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Postby tsmiley23 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:11 pm

prohandyman wrote:Latest progress. Tires on, bed done, hitch on
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Not for nothing: I love your truck and you did an awesome job restoring it, thanks for sharing.

The only thing is I'm weird I loved all of the rust and old paint. It really had character. Maybe I'm just old, lots of rust and loose parts. Hope someone fixes me up one day. :worship:
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Postby mvperini » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:04 pm

Took the Kit out today with the Chevy. Tows nice. Thought this old house would look good as a backdrop.

looking good, i decided to buy a classic truck to pull my trailers when not using the 49 chevy, i bought a 69 ford F 100 full restoration with a big block 429 should pull the trailers with no issues :lol: :lol:


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Postby emiller » Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:43 am

Very sweet set up :thumbsup:
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Postby Dusty82 » Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:51 pm

I LOVE your AD pickup, prohandyman! I just recently sold a '55F 1-Ton panel van to a friend, and he's working on getting it on the road. I'm trying to talk him out of a couple of his vintage trucks (a '41 Chevy panel van and a '27 Model T Flatbed,) but no such luck so far...

I'm doing the upholstery on his T so I still have a chance of talking him into selling it to me... We'll see...
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Postby pete42 » Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:59 pm

Sweet................
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Postby Woodstramp » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:29 am

That truck is going to look nice on the road. Awesome job.
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Postby prohandyman » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:26 pm

Dang it! I guess I may have to build another one...for me!
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Postby joebobsqrpants » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:25 pm

NICE!!! I love the colors. You are gonna get so much attention with that combo.
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Postby teardrop_focus » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:53 pm

You've hit it out of the park! with this one, Dan! :thumbsup: :applause:

I am very, very envious! :R


What a bitchin' truck!
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Postby Ageless » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:31 pm

Man, now you went and done it!!

Gonna need to pull the '64 Econoline pickup outta the garage.
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Postby Steve_Cox » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:51 pm

Dan,

You're my hero! Nice job on the truck!

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Postby prohandyman » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:15 pm

Decided to go with Texaco logo instead of Mobil

Here it is before adding text
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Postby Verna » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:23 pm

Great looking truck, Dan!!! If I see it around Greenwood, then I'll know who it belongs to :D

Verna (who lives in Southern Marion County, but it seems I spend most of time in Johnson County)
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Postby copout » Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:45 am

I love these old yank pick ups. Wish I could find one here in Oz

Lovin the Texaco logo!
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