Back when the company buyers were educated well enough to understand technical information. They really were well built, the wonder of the world after the war.
You could pull your double trailer of 19000lbs with the massive 261 cube inline 6 with `148 horsepower on tap.You would be shifting a lot of times to even get to an maintain 45 mph A driving experience designed for only the shiftiest of characters ! Ford,Dodge,International- about the same over the road power. Yes,Truck Drivers were almost superhuman 75-100 years ago and after 10-15 years you were almost a cripple
Back when the company buyers were educated well enough to understand technical information.
They really were well built, the wonder of the world after the war.
Great old film! Glad some these still exists.
I agree
Great looking trucks! So much cooler than today’s plastiblobs.
i bought a 58 one ton in 1980 an still own it & an she is still doin a great job !
Very cool!
Drove some of the old gas and diesel trucks in the 70's. !950-60's old school Mack, Fords, GMC, Diamond Reo cool stuff!
I had a 50 Chevy pickup in high school.
Great trucks! No computer needed. Just needed standard tools and common sense to work on them.
Great vid!!!! 🤜🤛
Cool video!
"Suicide rims" chevy had the most dangerous wheel rims ever made
I don’t see how they drove the trucks with those little bicycle mirrors.
Obviously not filmed on the West Coast...
@@DanEBoydor maybe it was. Remember this film is from the early 1950s.
When that is all that was available, you quickly got used to them .
I'm going first thing tomorrow morning to Chevrolet to buy a brand new truck.
You could pull your double trailer of 19000lbs with the massive 261 cube inline 6 with `148 horsepower on tap.You would be shifting a lot of times to even get to an maintain 45 mph
A driving experience designed for only the shiftiest of characters !
Ford,Dodge,International- about the same over the road power.
Yes,Truck Drivers were almost superhuman 75-100 years ago and after 10-15 years you were almost a cripple
Chevy doesn’t make heavy duty trucks anymore.
Kodiak is the one & half ton , & bigger 2 ton , 3 ton
@@brendasteadman6808 GM doesn't build them , I believe they're built by Navistar for GM .