mkitchen
Explorer
Thought I might demonstrate that I am not a Ford only kind of guy
I have been posting quite a bit about my 71 F 250 and I thought that I would mention that I enjoy lots of different makes. In fact my first trucks were Internationals from 1951 on up. Too bad they are all gone now, I would love to have a couple again. But alas, I moved on to Chevy and below is my one and only Suburban. I know, it really isn't a true Suburban, but we always called it that. For those who are from up north, you probably recognize it as a crummy. Crummies were used by the logging companies to haul the workers to where ever they were working at the time. This one was originally bought by the National Forest Service and under that blue and white paint is the original dark green of the forest service. Forest Service was dark green for a long time then they went to the pale green that they have now.
We have had Buster (yeah, we name all of our rigs) since 1980 and it is a 1960. I believe that it was the first vehicle that I was actually able to drive home. I usually got my vehicles through trade and they would normally be towed home, then fixed. I still remember my daughter telling me that we forgot the tow chain when we left to get the truck. She was five at the time and that same daughter learned how to drive in Buster and now her daughter is learning how to drive in it.
Buster is now my daughter's and she still loves it. She has re-built the drive train with a small block 383, with newly built trans, and diffs. She plans to keep it stock except for the engine. Stll lots of body work to be done but it is getting there. She does not want to use it anymore for backcountry use. I am hoping that I can convince her to catch an Old Iron Run some time down the way.
I have been posting quite a bit about my 71 F 250 and I thought that I would mention that I enjoy lots of different makes. In fact my first trucks were Internationals from 1951 on up. Too bad they are all gone now, I would love to have a couple again. But alas, I moved on to Chevy and below is my one and only Suburban. I know, it really isn't a true Suburban, but we always called it that. For those who are from up north, you probably recognize it as a crummy. Crummies were used by the logging companies to haul the workers to where ever they were working at the time. This one was originally bought by the National Forest Service and under that blue and white paint is the original dark green of the forest service. Forest Service was dark green for a long time then they went to the pale green that they have now.
We have had Buster (yeah, we name all of our rigs) since 1980 and it is a 1960. I believe that it was the first vehicle that I was actually able to drive home. I usually got my vehicles through trade and they would normally be towed home, then fixed. I still remember my daughter telling me that we forgot the tow chain when we left to get the truck. She was five at the time and that same daughter learned how to drive in Buster and now her daughter is learning how to drive in it.
Buster is now my daughter's and she still loves it. She has re-built the drive train with a small block 383, with newly built trans, and diffs. She plans to keep it stock except for the engine. Stll lots of body work to be done but it is getting there. She does not want to use it anymore for backcountry use. I am hoping that I can convince her to catch an Old Iron Run some time down the way.
