Old Truck Tuesday, Readers Contributions.

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“I love the driver with his ‘Drivers Cap.” “I missed Old Truck Tuesday, White Edition. ” Sent in by Elmo. No you didn’t, I am glad to add this.

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Sent in by Elmo. “Ever heard of Red Jammers?” from wiki: Red Jammers are the vintage White Motor Company/Bender Body Company Model 706 buses used at Glacier National Park in the United States to transport park visitors since 1936. While the buses are called reds for their distinctive livery, painted to match the color of ripe mountain ash berries, the bus drivers are called jammers because of the sound the gears made when the driver shifts on the steep roads of the park. The “jamming” sound came from the unsynchronized transmissions, where double-clutching was required to shift gears prior to a 1989 retrofit that added automatic transmissions.

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Look closely at pic #16.

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Pic #3 to 20 sent in by Phil in his Twitter wanderings.

13 thoughts on “Old Truck Tuesday, Readers Contributions.”

  3. Love these old truck pics. Reminds me of my younger days when I had to drive the grain truck to the scales.
    On another note, how many folks were taught when stopping behind another vehicle; you would look down the hood and spot the bottom of the tire in front of you. I know I’m not explaining this correctly; but, I was taught to give myself enough room so if I had to pull into the other lane, I would be able to do it without hitting the vehicle in front of me.
    Doesn’t seem to be a “thing” taught these days. I have had some folks pull up so tight to my buttocks that I can’t even see their headlights.

    • That was the way I was taught, if you can see the bottoms of the tires of the vehicle in front of you and was reinforced in MP school in the Army so if you had to pull out for any reason you had the space. When idiots have done that pull up tight against my ass, I am famous for putting in reverse and backing up… No damage to my stout bumpers on my truck…

    • I drive a white truck, with a dark blue canopy on the bed, does that make me racist? I have had my share of white vehicles in my life, I just like white as a non-color… Also have a white dog, does that enhance my whiteness, racist race card?

  7. I’m a fan of whites.

    Saw a jet powered semi tractor make a run down a drag strip years ago, it was pretty cool, especially the startup

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      I read the comments to see if anyobe commented on it.
      It made me laugh. I would drive it.
      Genius imagination.

  9. #10: Mazda.

    “Piston engines go boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing.
    But the Mazda goes hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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