So  on the day this olelongrooffan was leaving TheGarage and heading out of the World Center of Racing for my new home in TheStuccoBox down in toney Palm Beach, I happened to pass by the shop that painted thejeepjunkie’s bright yellow 2A as well as my olestationbus a few years ago. Astute readers of this olelongrooffan’s ramblings may also recall this is the shop owned by thebondodude who gained notoriety during that infamous 500 mile race a few years ago when that pothole appeared during the Daytona 500. Well, out in front of his shop was this bright red old truck that was, coincidentally, born in the same year as the Daytona International Speedway and this olelongrooffan. Those jet like pods alongside the bed as well as the bulges on each side of the hood of this beast were supposed to inspire visions of speed back at the tail end of the “jet age” of US vehicles back in the day.

Now this here old Apache pickup is a heavy duty 1/2 ton if I am not mistaken (although that new fangled thing called wiki rates them a 1/3 ton..but this olelongrooffan don’t really believe everything I sees around these here tubes). No this here truck ain’t no standard run of the mill shortbed flareside that seemed to be ubiquitous during my days of living up in them there Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri, apparently near more than one of my fellow Hoons. Wished I’d of knowed it then. But, no this one is a somewhat rare long bed, eight foot three inches this one is to you city folk, and it the Fleetside edition. Yeah, this are pretty almost as desirable as an earlier Task Force series Cameo.

And them boys musta been hiding something under this diamond plate bed. Knowing Chebbies like this olelongrooffan thinks he does, I would suspect there is a bed load of rust lurking under that shiny silver lining

But I do have this to say about that. This olelongrooffan is fairly certain this truck was recently reassembled after receiving a shiny new coat. How do I know this? Those old school tailgate chains move to and fro during the movements of this ole truck and rub against that tailgate scratching the shit out of that fresh paint in no time at all. Just ask thejeepjunkie or Bus_Plunge about all that.

And what Hoon doesn’t love a safety bumper out back stamped with the original selling dealer’s name and hometown. Our old Dodge Sweptline farm truck from out at Haven Lee Farm possessed one similar to this one when TheGentlemanFarmer drove it off the lot of Central Dodge up there in Springfield, Missouri back in 1970. This one leads us to believe this Fleetside entered into its truckdom duty from the Quality Chevrolet Company way out theres in Waco, Texas. Wonder it that dealership survived the automotive holocaust of the past few years?

And yeah, my fellow Hoons, just like this olelongrooffan, this truck is 1 BADD59.

And when I took a gander inside the cockpit of this ole beauty this olelongrooffan was able to spot the aftermarket horn button, the column shifter and the requisite three pedals on the floor.

Wait just a minute my fellow Hoons.

This ole beauty actually has four pedals on the floor, that smaller one to the passenger’s side being the floor mounted starter pedal, just like Bus_Plunge’s old Stovebolts and thejeepjunkie’s 2a.

I got a kick out of that sight and chuckled about it all the way down Florida Highway 9 to my new home in TheStuccoBox.

Wonder when this olelongrooffan will see another like it?

As an aside, this olelongrooffan finally found my hard copy of the Hooniverse posting schedule so I suspect I’ll be posting stuff in the correct time slot versus getting shuffled around like an ADD infested orphan child with the chicken pox. Also, this olelongrooffan is pretty confident posts from our Hooniverse Overlords about the NYIAS will be a bit delayed today due to their exploits in the Big Apple on Wednesday evening.

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