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Old May 6, 2022 | 08:04 AM
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That looks to be a V8 Ford Mainline ute, from the Fifties.
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Old May 6, 2022 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by EffieTrucker
There are other types of Utes:

(9) The two utes... - YouTube
LOL. Great movie!
 
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Old May 19, 2022 | 03:35 PM
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Old Jun 5, 2022 | 02:48 PM
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Old Jun 5, 2022 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 56panelford
that is one of those rare Watercraft Sports King Boaterhome
only 21 are known to exist.
 
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Old Jun 5, 2022 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tjc transport
that is one of those rare Watercraft Sports King Boaterhome
I think I've seen one being launched in one of the threads on here,,
 
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Old Jun 5, 2022 | 03:39 PM
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yup. there used to be a video of the restored 86 with the multi color side stripes.
found it!!:
i think that white one belongs to the same person.
 
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Old Jun 5, 2022 | 03:41 PM
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That's the one I remember..
 
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Old Oct 15, 2022 | 07:41 AM
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Saw this one on Facebook.
Here are his details: "1951 ford truck grafted to 1985 e350 van rear and frame 351w. With York compressor for front airbags and air tank and tools. Awning and field kitchen planned with window ac in rear that runs on gas or propane generator"



 
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Old Oct 15, 2022 | 11:06 AM
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So my buddy putting on the Texas T Party (a Model T Ford event 46 years old, nothing to do with politics) decided the rescue / support vehicles should be classier than the typically used modern pickup...


53 sedan used to tow Model T Coupe

Double long behind 54 sedan
 
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Old Oct 15, 2022 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Harrier
Saw this one on Facebook.
Here are his details: "1951 ford truck grafted to 1985 e350 van rear and frame 351w. With York compressor for front airbags and air tank and tools. Awning and field kitchen planned with window ac in rear that runs on gas or propane generator"


Looks good from the front. Not so good from the rear.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2022 | 03:22 PM
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agreed. the rear whatever attached to the bumper has to go. and it should be about 4-5 foot longer with the van body tapered to the cab rather than "square cut"
 
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Old Oct 17, 2022 | 03:14 PM
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An oddball International I ran across with a "skinny" cab. Looks factory, and I know strange things like this used to be done.







 
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Old Oct 17, 2022 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 52 Merc
An oddball International I ran across with a "skinny" cab. Looks factory, and I know strange things like this used to be done.




Oil, well drillers and plumbers used these trucks quite often. When I started in the sheet metal industry in 1970 there was a long-standing plumbing outfit that had two of them
 
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Old Oct 17, 2022 | 05:33 PM
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An oddball International I ran across with a "skinny" cab. Looks factory, and I know strange things like this used to be done.




steel hauler. used to haul structural steel and long lengths of plumbing pipe
 
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