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Old Nov 29, 2020 | 08:52 AM
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What would really make this interesting is if there was a steering wheel on the opposite side and the seat facing to match that wheel
 
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Old Nov 29, 2020 | 09:13 AM
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Old Nov 29, 2020 | 09:31 AM
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What a time saver on a farm, one truck does it all , Imagine no more climbing in the
loader climb in dump truck dump off climb back in loader climb in dump truck after all
we are only loading horse poop and can they poop...............
The owner of this truck said the first design didn't allow for catching edges, like heaved cement, which would bring the truck to an abrupt stop but now had a cushioning system designed into it.



Another one I've seen on the net


 
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Old Nov 29, 2020 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by EffieTrucker
I wonder what the other 2,381 pictures had. I'd like to see them.
Would be interesting, no doubt!
 
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Old Nov 29, 2020 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by bobj49f2
The owner of this truck said the first design didn't allow for catching edges, like heaved cement, which would bring the truck to an abrupt stop but now had a cushioning system designed into it.



That's putting an Edsel to good use!
 
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Old Nov 29, 2020 | 01:27 PM
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Edsel.com Gallery: Special Use & Custom Creations
 
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Old Nov 29, 2020 | 08:19 PM
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This is a local(ish) car. It's sitting out in front of the Route 66 Auto Museum in Santa Rosa, NM, abut 2 hours east of my house. I pass by it fairly often on my way out to the ranch.



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Old Nov 30, 2020 | 06:32 AM
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On that subject, this oddball belongs to my uncle. His dad and uncle built it in the 60s
Its located in Rawlings WY


not my picture though
Thanks for posting this. I was working out of Rawlins back in the 1960’s, saw this, and was wondering if I would ever see a picture of it.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2020 | 09:17 AM
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I would assume these are pictures of the same car but there has been some major changes.




#1 is the addition of tracks, looks like there are brackets for the tracks where the running boards were mounted. How do they get in and out of that thing?
#2 the bucket, arms and the hydraulic rams are different, I wonder why they would have changed them.
#3 removed the front license plate.
#4 removed the light bar, to me it looked kind of odd anyways.


 
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Old Nov 30, 2020 | 10:46 AM
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#4. The light bar is still there.
 
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#4. The light bar is still there.
I didn't see that in the second picture, I'm getting old and my eyes are failing me.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2020 | 11:09 AM
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great thread guys. took me three days to read the whole thing.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2020 | 07:42 PM
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The next time I pass through Santa Rosa I'll try to remember to stop and take some pics.

I'm guessing that all of the add-ons are show only and have never been or were intended to be functional.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 04:39 AM
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on the edsel? correct. it was supposed to be scrapped, but was "saved" by spaw maxwell to promote their company. the transformation from junker to the display model took less than two weeks.
all show no go on the bucket, tracks, and rear digger.
the tracks were bolt on and not operational, to get in the car with tracks on you had to "dukes of hazzard" it. over the tracks and through the window.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 09:22 AM
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Easy in and out
 
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