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All good John, told my wife that too. To the Ford enthusiasts they see Chevy to everyone else they see a vintage pickup.
Our toys can't stay pristine forever. My dad used to say it's the scratches, dings & dents that add the uniqueness, otherwise all vehicles are identical.
Jim
This is a part of the hobby that cracks me up. People will buy or sell a total crapped out rusty truck for a huge price and tout it as having a great "patina", no it's rust. They'll also say they have to leave it looking like crap because it's only original once, at the same installing a big block Ch**y and dumping the truck into the weeds. These people say the trucks in their run down condition have a story to tell. I hate rust, I like shiny paint. I restored my truck doing all of the work myself. I used the best paint available. In the last 25+ years I've had it on the road it has gotten it's share of dents, scraps and road chips. It is driven whenever weather permits and I've been on two 2000 mile round trips in it. I've had two son's learn to drive while I have had the truck and they have driven the truck wherever they wanted. I think of the truck as recording the story of my family and the adventures we have had in the truck. I don't need to know where it was from, but I do enjoy reliving where we have gone in it.
I got a set of matching Hurd keys keyed alike as would be correct issue from factory. I finally found some Somerville factory tool tags quite rare hard to find. Using one as a keychain along with some other 40-50’s Ford and gas oil key holders.
My wife thought as long as I'm building a 55 I should also have a matching keychain.
Jim
ive seen a similar casting of a ford truck that is a little bell. It’s supposed to bring good luck and ward off evil spirits as it rings going down the road. you attach it anywhere I suppose.
I used to have a little metal truck on on keychain that my wife got at Old Navy. But it was a Chevy as you probably remember, Old Navy had 48-54 Chevy pickups in their stores all painted blue. Actually some were GMC's. But as John mentioned earlier, I was concerned it might chip paint off my dash.
So several years ago I bought these miniature Pennsylvania license plates that the DAV used to sell.
Here are the original keys to my 54 and 55 with the 54 and 55 plates attached.
I made copies of each key for my daily use. If I lose them, I'm not losing the original key. The 55 plate is quite worn.
I remember my dad having small replica license plates on his key rings. He told me if the keys were lost and someone found them they could toss them in the nearest mail box and they'd be returned to the owner.
I remember my dad having small replica license plates on his key rings. He told me if the keys were lost and someone found them they could toss them in the nearest mail box and they'd be returned to the owner.
I remember my dad having small replica license plates on his key rings. He told me if the keys were lost and someone found them they could toss them in the nearest mail box and they'd be returned to the owner.
Probably like these that the DAV would pay the postage.
I had those little ones for years. Haven't seen them in a few years. Probably disappeared with the price of postage!
Just got my new one from Fanny at Etsy, very good quality. Can't figure out how to paste the link.
Regards, Mark
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