I Love This Fellow,,,

theo · Post by **theo** » Sat. Jan. 03, 2015 6:23 pm

I'am sorta the same way,,,,,,

http://www.ksdk.com/story/life/2015/01/02/man-dri ... /21188051/

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Sat. Jan. 03, 2015 7:09 pm

That's awesome.Don't make them like that anymore,for todays new vehicles to last 58 years,it would have to sit in a climite controlled building for 50 years to get to 58 yrs old

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 11:59 pm

He's paying for the gas on that sucker truck ... gets about 15 MPG

Smart guy? No, not really....IMO

confedsailor · Post by **confedsailor** » Tue. Jan. 06, 2015 12:37 am

It's his crosstown commuter there Dave. Yea sure he could get something new, but he probably doesn't burn that much anyhow. Hell, it could be his only pickup for taking care of his house for all we know? I have an old chevy, ('71 K20) do I drive that puppy from Moosup to Norwich daily? HECK NO! I burnt 10 gallons of gas just getting her home from Clinton. But I can put a ton of whatever on the stakebed and she doesn't care...

samhill · Post by **samhill** » Tue. Jan. 06, 2015 6:49 am

Much depends on which state you live in, in Pa. you could never get that thing to pass inspection as it looks now. In Ohio no problem, in Pa. I dodge potholes, in Ohio I dodge parts.

Kind of makes me wonder where all the inspection, registration & the like goes when I still have more dirt roads than paved in my township.

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Tue. Jan. 06, 2015 7:05 am

If he replaced it with something newer, that got better gas mileage (?) it would cost him far more in new truck cost, higher insurance, etc. than he could save in gas - even in another 58 years.

Paul

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Tue. Jan. 06, 2015 7:10 am

samhill wrote:Much depends on which state you live in, in Pa. you could never get that thing to pass inspection as it looks now. In Ohio no problem, in Pa. I dodge potholes, in Ohio I dodge parts. Kind of makes me wonder where all the inspection, registration & the like goes when I still have more dirt roads than paved in my township.

Here in NYS it'd be exempt from the anti-pollution tests. It'd just have to pass the safety test for what equipment was on it originally. And I believe the cost of the inspection is then at a reduced cost. At least it was a few years ago for antiques.

Example; if it had no turn signals, or seat belts, they are not required to pass. However, he put turn signals on it, so they have to be functioning to pass inspection. If he added seat belts, same for them, they have to be installed properly and functioning.

Paul

stovepipemike · Post by **stovepipemike** » Tue. Jan. 06, 2015 8:03 am

I say more power to him, because it is guys like this that make the world such an interesting place for the rest of us conformists. I used to drive one just like his many years ago,but only a panel truck. Great old dependable truck and I wish I had it back. Mike

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Jan. 08, 2015 11:55 am

Sometime they do come back. I know quite a few guys that when their kids are all grown up and on their own, they find and buy the same model car/truck they loved early in life.

One of my customers on Long Island was selling a 29 Pierce-Arrow touring car through a broker from Conn. The car was in decent, all original condition. The broker brought a retired gentleman from NJ, who was looking to get a Pierce just like he had when he was going to college. He had to sell shortly after college. Then with job and family, for decades he could only dream of one day owning another.

When he saw the Pierce, it was even the same color as his had been and that closed the deal. While they were discussing details, such as any spare parts for the car, the guy asked if there were side curtains that come with the car. My friend said they never had any. The guy asked if my friend had ever looked in the curtain storage ? My friend said what storage? The guy climbed in and showed my friend how the back of the rear seat comes out to reveal side curtain storage pockets.

Sure enough, there behind the seat back were the original side curtains,.......

...... and some papers that the Jersey guy identified.

It was the same car he had way back in college.

Paul