by Molesworth <ukmole@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 29, 2007 at 04:02 PM
In article <1185648618.965013.238370@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
RapidRonnie <rapidronnie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Mechanically I think International Harvester made the best pickups in
> the 50s and 60s. Stylewise I like the Chevy/GMCs, 55 second series is
> my favorite. I always wanted a '56 GMC because of "The Misfits". I
> have seen that movie probably ten times in thirty years. Ford F100 is
> attractive in those years but I wouldn't have a flathead eight on a
> bet. Dodge looks gaudy and had usually the heavy flathead six or the
> Hemis, but the Hemi wasn't really that great an engine to drive every
> day.
Isn't it odd that a pickup in a movie, made years ago, can influence any
of us in such a way! I remember the F1 in 'The Fog'..
> I wish IH had offered the bigger medium truck gas six in their
> pickups. It's a foot too long and 300 pounds overweight to fit for
> retrofit but if they'd made the nose longer....Of course Chebby had
> access to the Detroit Diesel engine and never used it either.
>
> Studebaker made a pickup too. It was okay. Unfortunately Packard
> never did. The Packard straight eight and V12 were some of the best
> American engines ever. The Ferrari is a SOHC conversion of a Packard
> Twin Six scaled down. In retrospect they should have scaled down the
> 1710 Allison but the fork and blade rods were too much work.
I love the Hudson pickup. Even if it is so rare that it commands silly
prices.. they just look so 'fat'!
--
Molesworth
