Car and Bike Talk

[BSWALKS]

Who?

Hi

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

All you need to know about Halo

Where did David Hobbs go? I liked his commentary.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Got the "Bullitt" collector's edition .Still laugh about that green Beetle.

Never see a more dramatic buckling of seat belts than in that movie.

 

[rod]

Never see a more dramatic buckling of seat belts than in that movie.

Hell--- when I started UPS trucks didn't even have seatbelts. Have I mentioned lately how tuff we had it?

 

[MAKAVELI]

Where did David Hobbs go? I liked his commentary.

F1 is now on ESPN. He was on NBC.

 

[cosmo1]

Hell--- when I started UPS trucks didn't even have seatbelts. Have I mentioned lately how tuff we had it?

You didn't have those trucks with the butt-rest instead of a seat? Like the old milk trucks.

 

[rod]

You didn't have those trucks with the butt-rest instead of a seat? Like the old milk trucks.

That's kind of what I started with. The seat pedestal would tilt forward so you could walk behind it easier.

 

[cosmo1]

That's kind of what I started with. The seat pedestal would tilt forward so you could walk behind it easier.

The ones I'm talking about just had a padded thing to lean your butt on. Drove standing up.

We didn't have any, but down in the big city they still were using a few.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

F1 is now on ESPN. He was on NBC.

Didn't realize that was the factor. Makes sense now. No Matchett, Buxton, etc. Too bad.

 

[rod]

The ones I'm talking about just had a padded thing to lean your butt on. Drove standing up.

We didn't have any, but down in the big city they still were using a few.

never had the privlige to drive one of those

 

[clean hairy]

Hell--- when I started UPS trucks didn't even have seatbelts. Have I mentioned lately how tuff we had it?

In fact, seats did not exist back then.
All they had was a milk crate to sit on?

 

[rod]

In fact, seats did not exist back then.
All they had was a milk crate to sit on?

 

[cosmo1]

never had the privlige to drive one of those

Me neither, thank God.

 

[Wilson1397]

Me neither, thank God.

I figured you delivered out of a horse and buggy

 

[cosmo1]

I figured you deliver out of a horse and buggy

Close. The first truck I drove other than my road test was a 1964 Ford.

 

[rod]

Close. The first truck I drove other than my road test was a 1964 Ford.

The old flat top Econolines?

 

[burrheadd]

The old flat top Econolines?

We had some of those

My first ride was a 1966 Ford p-400 rolling death trap

 

[cosmo1]

The old flat top Econolines?

No, it was an 800 with a Ford nose until the roof blew off (the wood frame rotted away) and it was rebuilt with the bubble nose.

Freaking 14 year old POS when I started, and don't think it got crushed until the early '80s.

We did have one of those old Econolines with big fog lights on the bumper they used as a feeder.

 

[rod]

No, it was an 800 with a Ford nose until the roof blew off (the wood frame rotted away) and it was rebuilt with the bubble nose.

Freaking 14 year old POS when I started, and don't think it got crushed until the early '80s.

We did have one of those old Econolines with big fog lights on the bumper they used as a feeder.

We had 4 of those old early 60's Econolines. When they gave out the were replaced with Bubble-top Econolines.

 

[cosmo1]

We had 4 of those old early 60's Econolines. When they gave out the were replaced with Bubble-top Econolines.

We had a bubble top on a rural route. I remember the mechanic bitching about it all the time.

As I remember, the sheet metal around the firewall kept cracking from the abuse it took on dirt roads.