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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Two trucks

There's a used car lot along U.S. 60 in Westmoreland that I like to look at when I go by because it seems to specialize in old cars. Here are a couple of pickups that I saw there yesterday.






A while back, I wondered if I was the only one who remembered half-moon headlight covers or the little eye decals that guys put on their cars, usually on the front fender, behind the wheels, in the early to mid 1960s. And fender skirts.

I liked the top truck because I think my father had a 1950s model Ford pickup when I was young pup. I can't remember it, though. I do remember the day he drove home from the Dodge dealership with a new 1964 Utiline Dodge pickup with a three-speed manual transmission. I would like to see a truck like that again, but I wouldn't want to drive it a long distance.