"Oddballs" pics
Post Fiend
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From: Island Southeast Alaska
Wow Cool. I can see me driving that cross county to Woodstock back
in the day. Dragons and flowers painted on it and my long hair "Blowing In The Wind". Fill it with hitch hikers along the way. RT66 here we come.
in the day. Dragons and flowers painted on it and my long hair "Blowing In The Wind". Fill it with hitch hikers along the way. RT66 here we come.
Cargo Master
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From: Mandan, ND
Not exactly. The original Funk conversions featured a cast iron oil pan. This was necessary as the engine block is the frame. The new kits have frame plates instead.
Cargo Master
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From: Mandan, ND
I want one of these with an original Funk conversion. This, like the Funk conversion, was available as a kit.
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06jun11/DSCN0159.JPG
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06jun11/DSCN0161.JPG
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06jun11/DSCN0159.JPG
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06jun11/DSCN0161.JPG
Logistics Pro
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From: Northville, MI
I want one of these with an original Funk conversion. This, like the Funk conversion, was available as a kit.
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06jun11/DSCN0159.JPG
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06jun11/DSCN0161.JPG
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06jun11/DSCN0159.JPG
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06jun11/DSCN0161.JPG
Marmon-Herrington Man
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From: Central Illinois
Here's one I saw at a local show a few years ago. The Elenco kit is again available from a guy named Tony Jacobs iirc. At this show I saw a well used kit laying on a farm wagon in the swap area, asking price $1700. I had a 2N at the time, but couldn't justify $1700 for the kit. I later told the story to Chuck and learned it was cheap. He'd been looking for a kit too. Stu
Cargo Master
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From: Mandan, ND
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/14may06/DSCN0150.JPG
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/03jan26/DSCN0009.JPG
http://www.8nfever.com/8n-06/06mar29/DSCN0127.JPG
If my information is correct, the first Funk six cylinder conversions had the frame plates, the later had cast iron oil pans. The V-8s always had the iron pans.
Logistics Pro
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From: Northville, MI
Here is a different view of a fat fender. The Oldsmobile (or is it a Pontiac?) in the background was drag racing with another car and ran a light and hit the truck in the left rear wheel well. The truck was in an escorted convoy from Valley Forge Military Academy. Note the 37mm howitzer that it was towing on the sidewalk behind the truck. This was the 1956 Memorial Day Parade in Philadelphia. Nobody was seriously hurt.
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From: Burbank, WA
Very cool pic, Pete. It's also an illustration of how easy these old trucks were to flip on their sides in a side collision, being so top heavy and narrow. Is the fluid on the ground gas leaking from the in-cab filler tube? That's why the factories ultimately went away from that design.
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From: Northville, MI
Very cool pic, Pete. It's also an illustration of how easy these old trucks were to flip on their sides in a side collision, being so top heavy and narrow. Is the fluid on the ground gas leaking from the in-cab filler tube? That's why the factories ultimately went away from that design.
Lead Driver
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From: Jefferson City, MO
The fluid seems to dispersed for just gas.
Are you kidding me! Get him on here and have him tell us the whole story. A picture like that has to have a much better story than your abbreviated one.
I would guess the passenger got the opportunity to catch the driver as he slid down the bench seat.
Drag racing into a parade....well kids haven't changed much in the last 60 years.
Are you kidding me! Get him on here and have him tell us the whole story. A picture like that has to have a much better story than your abbreviated one.
I would guess the passenger got the opportunity to catch the driver as he slid down the bench seat.
Drag racing into a parade....well kids haven't changed much in the last 60 years.
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From: Northville, MI
Michael says, I "don't remember a fire truck but Hey, I'm 75 now and was just 17 then".
Looking at the picture a little closer I think there is too much liquid on the street for it to be gasoline. , , , more than 13 gallons. Maybe they hit a fire hydrant?
Looking at the picture a little closer I think there is too much liquid on the street for it to be gasoline. , , , more than 13 gallons. Maybe they hit a fire hydrant?