Continuing on with some random carp seen by this olelongrooffan while out and about around these here Palm Beach, Florida parts, I offer up this early 1960’s Chevrolet C-10 pickemup truck. This is either a ’60 or a ’61 although I am leaning toward the latter version of it. Bright Red and ready for the road.
While the nose of the early years of this generation is distinctive in that it has those huge turn signals mounted in the hood, the rear end of all of this gen were pretty much the same.
And they all also had these old school chains to hold the tailgate in place when lowered.
Along with the oak wood bed floor.
A buddy of mine, Mark Wissbaum…yeah, The Whizz had a full beard at 16 years old. Needless to say, he was our go to guy when it was party time. Anyway, he had a ’66 C10 way back in high school. Of course being the Hoon that he is, his possessed a rodded up 283 but still a three on the tree column shifter. The huge tires and wheels on the rear end of it always seemed to lose a little tread every time he popped the clutch on that old beast.
Yeah, this one is from an era when there was identity built in to every ride. No beige to be seen.
Complete with the curved glass windshield.
This one appears to have a modern drivetrain under it. Note the floor mounted automatic shifter and only two pedals, one of which is a BigFoot, FTW. And the late model hubcaps are another clue.
And a bowtie rear view mirror sitting up top.
The third or fourth car I owned was also a ’66 C Series Bowtie. However, mine was a C-30 one ton panel delivery complete with barn doors out back, four speed on the floor and a straight six under the hood. It wore 17″ wheels and tires and needed ball joints so bad that while at speed, the steering wheel shook worse than a four year old in a Fun House. I Hooned that thing to death. Literally. The last time I saw it was in 1979 in a junkyard just south of Freeport, Florida. Got fifty bucks for it by the way.
In the midwest I am fairly certain the sighting of one of these is a relatively common occurrence but down here where Ferraris, Maseratis and Bentleys are an everyday sighting, Old Red here just jumped out at this olelongrooffan and begged to be shared.
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