And some more:



This is a Ford Promotional picture of a prototype truck. This is not a production truck. Notice the wrap around front bumper and the stainless hubcaps like the 48-52 trucks.



Ranch hands.



Winner, winner....







Moose kill!

That's all for tonight! More tomorrow.

 

well alright now! mine are all over the place, topic wise. .

 

some more vintage Ford Truck pics:



Ford Promotional pic





54 F-250





Same as above in color



ford promo pic, notice the painted hubcaps and the black gas cap.

 

some more for your viewing pleasure:



54 reefer



sleeper





54 was the first year for the T-series, the tandem axle Big Job

The lady in this picture reminds me of my grandmother who sometimes drove Grandpa's truck.




55 Bell Telephone truck

More 55's and 56's tomorrow!

 

 

I am not sure what is going on here but I think they superimposed and old picture of the two men and kids in front of this truck taken recently.



Ford promotional picture



Another Ford promo pic but it must have been a prototype as the 55 hood emblem is different that on production trucks.



56 Ford promo pic of an F100 long bed.

 

as much as the "bulge" bothers me, (I bet it's a hanky) the hair and outfit seem more strange. she just doesn't look comfortable in them. I bet her parents are just off to the side frowning with disapproval wondering "where did we go wrong"

 

a few more. . .

 

Is she 7 feet tall, or is this a mirco-bus ??

 

same for this guy. he's HUGE!!!

 

Here's my Grandpa Red (far left) in 1922.


Here was my Grandma Sheets restaurant/filling station in Pennsylvania.

 

And here is my favorite vintage pic, although it is only from 1977. This is me and my truck in late November in a parade honoring our college soccer team after we won the NCAA Div III National Championship.

 

great picture from 77! here's one I dug out of my 56' from 1978! real vintage stuff.

 

Abe, love the picture. That is some real life stuff

 

Is that you in the picture? And do you still have the truck?