Pick up truck remembrance !
Bought my first truck off of Smokey Yunick in Daytona , about 1960 or 61 , cost 1,700 dollars , about a years wages for a 16 year old kid . Six cylinder GMC . About 1963 I saw mt first P.U. with an ...
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Dad only wanted station wagons and we borrowed Uncle Bills 3/4 ton GMC
Wooden cargo bed floors, and replacing those boards every few years
Pressed board door panels
No rugs, just rubber throw mats
No power windows, nor power door locks
No padding on the dash
Only bench seats
No fleet side cargo bed
Drum brakes at each corner
Hub caps only covered the lug nuts
Cool after market Braden rear bumpers that also had side pipes to bolster the bumper to bed sidewall
Oil bath intake air filter housing
Cargo tail gates had chain and hook closures
Carb only and points
Wooden cargo bed floors, and replacing those boards every few years
Pressed board door panels
No rugs, just rubber throw mats
No power windows, nor power door locks
No padding on the dash
Only bench seats
No fleet side cargo bed
Drum brakes at each corner
Hub caps only covered the lug nuts
Cool after market Braden rear bumpers that also had side pipes to bolster the bumper to bed sidewall
Oil bath intake air filter housing
Cargo tail gates had chain and hook closures
Carb only and points
