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Driving a truck that's about to fall apart.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...176#post221621
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2448#post96338
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...951#post164256
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...769#post223541
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...509#post197046

Wow... Loved the radiator top off, the big nail door latch, it just went on and on...

Are they carrying barrels for delivery; or water for a longer trip? Either way, with all that spraying, we know what happened to the floorboards.
And the doors, and the overhead along with rest of cab...
Only 5 ton truck known, that needs a 4 man crew.

And you can get a pedicure while driving...

I can't stop watching it. Tires look good. Maybe re-grooved?

https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...truck_tire.jpg

I wonder what they're delivering too. Probably a very basic commodity. Water? Fuel?

I am reminded of this gem:

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Yeah, I remember that one. Not concerned with brake horse power but human brake power.
Cheers

Gotta make the delivery before the boss rolls up in his Land Rover or Mercedes.

The truck has decent tires on the front at least, and probably the rear as well. As long as they can keep that little diesel running and the transmission doesn't give out they will probably drive it to its last mile trying to eek out what ever meager earnings they make. Obviously in a country with an annual GDP per capita less than I make monthly on my retirement income. I'm thinking Malawi since the right-hand drive is indicative of a former British Coloney

Malawi is a very good guess, for the combination of driving on the left side of the road and extreme poverty. Those workers are probably getting a dollar or two for a day's work.

"How many miles you got on that truck Mack?" "About 14 million!"

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Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker

"How many miles you got on that truck Mack?" "About 14 million!"

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That's since the oil change...

It reminds me our 1940's Ford tractor 'Martha' at the marina I worked as as a kid, her fenders were like cheese graters and her hood flapped in the breeze when were running boats in and out for customers.

That truck isn't so bad, if you pulled the carpet up on my 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 you could see the road going by and it went a heck of a lot faster than that truck I can assure you. :D

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Originally Posted by bob_3000

It reminds me our 1940's Ford tractor 'Martha' at the marina I worked as as a kid, her fenders were like cheese graters and her hood flapped in the breeze when were running boats in and out for customers.

That truck isn't so bad, if you pulled the carpet up on my 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 you could see the road going by and it went a heck of a lot faster than that truck I can assure you. :D

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Back in early 1971 I bought a 68 Plymouth Satellite from the wrecking yard my dad worked at sometimes, it came from one of those foreign countries in the Northeast, think maybe NJ or CT. from the body trim up it looked like brand new from there down Swiss cheese would have had fewer holes. Ran like a scalded Ape but all I wanted it for was to shoehorn the 383 into my 49 Plymouth custom Deluxe. Turned that old car into a real sleeper

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Originally Posted by bob_3000

It reminds me our 1940's Ford tractor 'Martha' at the marina I worked as as a kid, her fenders were like cheese graters and her hood flapped in the breeze when were running boats in and out for customers.

That truck isn't so bad, if you pulled the carpet up on my 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 you could see the road going by and it went a heck of a lot faster than that truck I can assure you. :D

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My 73 Gold Duster (225 Slant 6) rusted a hole in the right rear fender well so when it rained the water would sling off the tire, through the hole, down beside the seat and into the floor pan in the back. I drove it to high school and had by books in the back seat most of the time. In the winter one slid off the seat into the water. I didn't know it at the time so the next day when I went to get it it was frozen in the water on the floor. I had to tell my teacher why I didn't have my book with me. He didn't believe me so I asked him If I could prove it to him. We walked out and I flipped the seat forward and showed him! He laughed his butt off! It was really bad in warmer weather. I had a date and it was raining. At one point I hit the brakes too hard and the water shot from the back to the front and soaked my date's feet. That was a really short date!

Yep, cold feet do that.