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The automobile writer(s) at MSN make no bones about their bias toward Ford products. Reading any of their comparisons will clearly show they prefer Chevrolet to any other brand, world wide. But this just stretches it a little. Two Chevy's out of a total of 7 pickups dubbed the most iconic!
7 of America's Most Iconic Vintage Pickup Trucks
7 of America's Most Iconic Vintage Pickup Trucks
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As usual, lots of questionable "facts", like that an '55 IH cost $1480 at a time when a '55 F-100 cost upwards of $3,000?? I don't think so. These articles seem to be assignments given to cub "journalists" with no real knowledge of the subject and no real skills in researching.
Read this article for a good laugh:
79 Ford Truck Specs | eHow
Read this article for a good laugh:
79 Ford Truck Specs | eHow
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The pick of the model A truck over any of the F-Series trucks as being the most "iconic" is an odd one to me. If you were to ask me to pick a single ford truck as being iconic, the first thing that comes to mind is the Sanford and Son pickup.
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As usual, lots of questionable "facts", like that an '55 IH cost $1480 at a time when a '55 F-100 cost upwards of $3,000?? I don't think so. These articles seem to be assignments given to cub "journalists" with no real knowledge of the subject and no real skills in researching.
ditto Reminds me of one report on the best/worst states to retire to CT was 4th best and 4th worst.
NY was one of the worst states to retire to but Ithaca, NY was one of the best cities to retire too...
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I think your numbers are about right. It's the article that says a Ford cost $3000+ while an IH cost $1500. Epic journalism...
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The article just states "7 of..." not "best"; "most desirable"; "most collectable"; "most rare"; "best looking" or any other qualifier, so any 7 pickups (is that mack really a pickup?) meets the criteria. Looks like just the first seven pictures that came up when the author googled old pickup trucks.
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You are correct, AX. But the gist is to leave the uninitiated with the idea that these 7 trucks are the most iconic. I would have trouble including those 7 trucks in a list of anything special. The title of the article is: "7 of America's most iconic vintage pickup trucks".
The average reader won't take 5 seconds to analyze the statement. They will accept it an absolute.
The average reader won't take 5 seconds to analyze the statement. They will accept it an absolute.
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From the looks of it, this was not even a 'story, by a staff reporter. The last page tells the story, this is part of a promo press release issued by a junior movie car company. When I was writing a column for NASCAR we would be sent tons of these in hopes that somebody would be desperate enough to publish. The 'tell' here is the fact that there is no 'byline'.
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