the ultimate truck camper truck.
they don't make them like they used to
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specta wrote:
I'm grateful that they don't build them like they used to.
X2.
Made a living back in that era using mostly GM and a couple of Ford 454/460 one ton DRW truck pulling heavy pintle/GN trailers. Godz those things rode rough...4-6 mpgs....9-11 leaf in aux/main spring pack....very short spring length.
Very poor braking performance....cooling issues... etc. Good for 150k-175k miles before worn completely out.
However for a 3/4 ton 4wd carrying a truck camper or pulling a rv/non rv rec trailer or off roading in the tulies they were tough.
My first new 3/4 ton 4wd was a red Super Cheyenne 5.7/ TH400 4.10 gears. Of all the many trucks I've owned since my 1st in '62 I would love to have one just like it now.
