I picked up my pickup!
#17
02-22-2017, 09:20 PM
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Because some moron thought it was Cute as he believed that our Orphan Years Trucks resembled a Fridgedare Refrigerator, instead of using the already in use Slab-Side or Styleside designations.
That front bumper is OME & looks great the way it is.
The carbs of this Era had a Winter & a Summer setting for which to adjust how Rich or Lean it would run depending on the Season, Hot or Cold.
So you might wish to acquire an Original '60 Truck Manual to See how to actually adjust this particular carb before you go Monkeying Around W/ It.
That front bumper is OME & looks great the way it is.
The carbs of this Era had a Winter & a Summer setting for which to adjust how Rich or Lean it would run depending on the Season, Hot or Cold.
So you might wish to acquire an Original '60 Truck Manual to See how to actually adjust this particular carb before you go Monkeying Around W/ It.
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02-23-2017, 07:53 PM
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02-24-2017, 05:41 PM
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#20
03-29-2017, 06:31 PM
They are called fridge trucks because the hood looks like an old refrigerator from when we were kids. Like a kelvinator or a norcold or a GE or a frigadaire or a kenmore or an Admiral. They all had a heavy duty latch that had a big handle on the front to open but kids playing 'hide and seek' would hide in them and then when nobody found them they would suffocate because they couldn't unlatch them. Now we have magnets and magnets don't always stay shut but they are much better because nobody gets stuck in them. There was an episode of 'Lassie' that brought this issue to life.......
Ulfie
#21
03-30-2017, 04:59 PM
You should snag it, they are excellent refrigerators. Maybe not for the kitchen, but as a beer fridge for the basement or garage.
Anybody tells you they are "energy inefficient", is smoking their socks. They just sip the juice, and are very quiet. A family friend, they received a Philco fridge as a wedding gift in 1948, afaik they still use it, in the basement for sodas and such.
Anybody tells you they are "energy inefficient", is smoking their socks. They just sip the juice, and are very quiet. A family friend, they received a Philco fridge as a wedding gift in 1948, afaik they still use it, in the basement for sodas and such.
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03-30-2017, 09:02 PM
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Actually, not very many call them that & it was started by someone that thought they were being cute.
None of the individuals that I've gone w/ or have met at Classic Truck & Car gatherings use this Moronic Term.
None of the individuals that I've gone w/ or have met at Classic Truck & Car gatherings use this Moronic Term.
They are called fridge trucks because the hood looks like an old refrigerator from when we were kids. Like a kelvinator or a norcold or a GE or a frigadaire or a kenmore or an Admiral. They all had a heavy duty latch that had a big handle on the front to open but kids playing 'hide and seek' would hide in them and then when nobody found them they would suffocate because they couldn't unlatch them. Now we have magnets and magnets don't always stay shut but they are much better because nobody gets stuck in them. There was an episode of 'Lassie' that brought this issue to life.......
#23
03-30-2017, 09:43 PM
I once owned one and I would not have ever come up with the Fridge name on my own, but same goes for my 66 and the Slick thing. Name doesn't bother me any, I'm just not much partial to it. Third or fourth generation name calling works good just the same. I like to play in the sand box and so can play by the local rules.
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04-03-2017, 07:29 PM
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You're right on Ulfie, whether it's 'Fridge' 'Slick' 'Bump' 'Dent' 'COE' 'Unibody' or any other descriptive acronym, most of enjoy something about our "old girls" that goes far-and-away from the named moniker.
Heck, we even add our own name to our cherished ride as a means of personal identification.
I like playing in the sandbox so I will absorb the namesake of my truck (Slick-60's 1963 Unibody) as I enjoy all the attention I garner with it everywhere I go; at least while I serve my term of being care-taker of it.
Congrats to all of you who choose to be a custodian of a piece of your individual pieces of rolling history, regardless of the word-smithing.
Heck, we even add our own name to our cherished ride as a means of personal identification.
I like playing in the sandbox so I will absorb the namesake of my truck (Slick-60's 1963 Unibody) as I enjoy all the attention I garner with it everywhere I go; at least while I serve my term of being care-taker of it.
Congrats to all of you who choose to be a custodian of a piece of your individual pieces of rolling history, regardless of the word-smithing.
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