Henry Mero said
Chuck, How's Your heater work fer Ya'll . My first pickup was a 1955 Fargo that I payed $40.00 for , drove it for 6 months and  sold it for $50.00 then bought a real truck, a '52 ford . See Ya'll in Cody.
  

Harry, not sure what you mean? Everything in my 10 year old Ford works fine.  I'm hoping not to get much rain on the way. 

My first truck I bought when I got out of the Army.  Used 1972 Ford Ranger XLT Camper Special.  What a truck!  Sold it when we bought a motor home to haul our trailer full of motorcycles and camping gear.  Sold the camper for more than what we paid for it. 

tim tomlinson said
Maverick,  Don't automatically say some kid stole the gas cap.  Could readily have been some older codger who knew what he needed and hadn't been able to find.  Tim
  

My old man said he saw about a 10 year old boy messing around the truck at the show and didn't pay him much attention. Next minute he turned around the boy was gone and so was the gas cap. So go figure, easy enough for the boy to put it in his pocket and walk off. The reproduction was easy enough to get and most wouldn't know it a repop.

I can't figure out how to keep the image from rotating but here is that inline 6.

Maverick said

Here's the family's 1951. Pretty much all original straight 6 and still on a 6Volt electrical system. The only thing my dad added a few years back was he finally decided to put an electric fuel pump on it. Shockingly it starts a lot easier now! My dad is the third owner and in the glove box is the receipt where the original owner bought the 51 with a Trade In with this 1925 Model T Ford. Oh and he swapped the wiper blades out but the originals are still in the glove box as well. Dad took it to a car show probably 10 years or so back and some dam kid stole the original gas cap. So its a replacement as well.
Sincerely,
Maverick
  

Cool of truck!

The 1955 Chevy Apache that I was given also had the same I6 (235 cid) engine, 6-volt electrical (generator), single-barrel Holly carb (with oil bath filter), 3-speed manual (on the column and non-synchronized), and a floor mounted starter.  It had a manual choke (that pulled about 8" out of the dash).  I wish I still had that old truck today!

Bert

Mike

Mike

Here's the family's 1951. Pretty much all original straight 6 and still on a 6Volt electrical system. The only thing my dad added a few years back was he finally decided to put an electric fuel pump on it. Shockingly it starts a lot easier now! My dad is the third owner and in the glove box is the receipt where the original owner bought the 51 with a Trade In with this 1925 Model T Ford. Oh and he swapped the wiper blades out but the originals are still in the glove box as well. Dad took it to a car show probably 10 years or so back and some dam kid stole the original gas cap. So its a replacement as well.

Sincerely,

Maverick

We've got em here that easily qualify as Grizz, and plenty to spare. Didn't see many thru the spring, unusual. Then since 1st June, they're everywhere, my yard is a crosswalk between streets, and they know when garbage  day is. Mid June-July is rut, them big mountain boars come down for these young city girls! First two weeks June, I saw at least one almost every time I went out anywhere or close house morning or evening! They absolutely demolish the blackberries! i see 10to1 more bears than deer. Most of us despise the bears, they're absolute nuisance. But i enjoy encounters in woods, except a few way to close. Way to Close!

I think two years ago, one tore siding off a house before it was run off, bad damage. It was an enclosed back porch, they had trash inside wall for next morning trash pickup. The bear didn't wait, found it night before. Also two year ago, one bit a lady sun lounging in her back yard. I knew this bear well, saw him 3-5 times week. Im sure the woman n bear discovered each other at same time, it reacted by biting her ankle pretty bad! That bear was hunted and taken off by F&G within few days. Both these happened just few streets away from my house.