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On Monday, June 10, 2013 4:44:30 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:40:10 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute

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On 6/10/2013 2:15 PM, wrote:

On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:54:51 -0700 (PDT), True North

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This is my idea of an F-150 and Porsche drivers feared me.



At least they would not cut me off ;-)



http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Brownie.jpg



Those old pickups sure look puny compared to new models.

We saw an early Tundra (T 100 ??)yesterday and it doesn't look as capable as a new Tacoma.



The operative word here is "look".



That was a tough old truck.

A pallet of pavers, a pallet of sod, no matter, off it went.





I remember my dad's Ford had a straight 6. Wouldn't gain any speed going

up hill with a load, wouldn't lose any either...



That one had the 300CI 6 and it was plenty strong, even pulling my

boat.

It had the classic Florida Ford problem tho. They came standard with a

2 core radiator and in hot weather, towing, they ran hot. I put in a 3

core and the problem was fixed. I had to do the same thing with my

E150 van.

The 300 straight six was a torque monster. My dad had one in a 4x4, and in low range in 1st, you could let out the clutch and about walk beside it at idle. At that same idle, it would just about climb a tree. Great truck motor.

I liked the third generation Ford sixes, started out as a 144, then
stroke was lengthened to a 170, then they took the 170 bottom end and
made the 200, seen in Comets and such. Then they again lengthened the
200 stroke into the 250, a real beast of a six. I had a '69 Fairlane 2
door that had the 250 in it, and a 289 V8 had a hard time beating me. I
also beat a friend's Duster with a 318 V8 more than once.