took a stroll through a old closed scrapyard.
here is a few of the more interesting pics i added a link to my photobucket so you can see the rest of them.

 

3 more and the photobucket link




and the link junkyard pictures by mudbros - Photobucket

slideshow! http://s840.photobucket.com/albums/z...view=slideshow

 

your not a very chatty bunch i figured i would get alot of questions.

can anyone i.d the years of some of these?

 

2nd to last pic of your first post is a '56. The Big job is like a 53-55, I can't remember the differences in the grilles between those years but that was the only thing changed. 2nd to last pic in your 2nd post is a 71-72'.

 

It amazes me how these old low hp trucks built America and yet modern day trucks don't have enough HP to satisfy the masses. Pure nostalgia, I love it. Thanks for the pics sir.

 

the big job was a gas engine with 2 transmisions bolted back to back.

it also was a overhead valve engine what size and power would that be?

 

I assume it had the distributor at the back? I was actually going to ask which engine it had, it should be a Y block good chance it was a 272, possibly a 292, but even my '56 F350 has a 272 in it. I would love that "semi" setup. The front rim on it is very interesting, not to mention just the whole thing is.

 

Picture 8 is a '71.
Picture 9 is a '73-'76 Crew-Cab.
Mind if I borrow some of these pictures?

 

That semi picture reminds you the older generation did more with less, with four wheel drum brakes!

 

My mail truck has 4 wheel drum brakes and it was built in the 80's. There's a lot to be said for the oldies of all brands.

 

I even saw a car built in the 2000s with drums, all the way around....

 

drums have great stopping power, they are just more complicated to maintain and people have got more lazy and dumb as time goes on.

 

Cool photos!

We should do thread like CarsinBarns.com , but with trucks.

 

Those 5 & 6 Spoke wheels are called "BUDD" wheels vs. the wheels you see today,"DAYTON" Budd's were a little harder to mount on the truck, You tightened the lugnut to straighten up the wheel(Wheel Wobble) vs. the Hub Mount or Pilot Mount Dayton wheels of today. If you ever change your tires on your truck, you'll notice a raised ridge around the base of the stud and the "WEDGE" shape of the lugnut. It's designed to "CENTER" the wheel on the axle. Budd's were thought to be lighter in weight but to me it was a nightmare to do a tire repair, ESPECIALLY with the lockrings and the outlawed SPLIT RIM. (TOTALLY UNSAFE!!!)

 

= totaly cool

same as sport bikes way unsafe but too cool