The Cool Old Heavy Duty Stock Appearing Pickup Picture Thread

Gasoline wrote:

WTH is that?!!

Add some push bars, spikes, and a roof mounted flamethrower and Lord Humongus would approve.

My current beaterhauler:

I've got a flatbed for it...but I need to replace some metal before I put it on the truck.

A previous one I had ('83 F350...probably shoulda kept it):

(neighbor had it loaded down with mulch for this shot)

golfduke wrote:

volvoclearinghouse wrote: Too new? It's a '92, but that chassis goes back to the 1970's.

Nice. 327 or 360? I had an '87 W250 with the 327. It was reliable, but it was a dog of a motor. Great plowing truck though.

I think you are mixing up the Big Three. 327 is GM and 318 is the smaller Mopar that would have been in that truck.

Doesn't totally fit the description, but I think it's cool, and at a 3/4 ton rated suspension I think it's fairly heavy duty for what it is.

I don't know that a half ton is "heavy duty"...I guess compared to a Subaru Baja it may be. Still, mine is forced to do the duty of today's Super Duty model:

I'm not alone in thinking it's a real truck. Someone else uses his for a similar task:

Here's my restored D200. Dodge considered it "Light Duty" though, since it's only 3/4 ton (5000lb GVWR). I think "Heavy Duty" started at D500, with the 300/400 models as "Medium Duty".

But I can't afford to run one of those behemoths, as much as I would like to.

Unfortunately mine is now too nice to use after a frame-off re-do, so mostly it hauls coolers to car shows. Occasionally I use it for a Home Depot run, with plenty of moving blankets to protect the bed paint, of course.

My pristine bed is covered with a bedliner, which is hidden by a tonneau (tri-fold). Not a fan of plastic bedliners because they trap water, but mine lives in the garage. Makes the thing wonderfully usable while still protecting it. A day at the junkyard with a tape measure will find you something that fits from a newer truck (Dodge and Ford are usually close; GM is oddly unique).

Robert Bowen wrote: Here's my restored D200. Dodge considered it "Light Duty" though, since it's only 3/4 ton (5000lb GVWR). I think "Heavy Duty" started at D500, with the 300/400 models as "Medium Duty". But I can't afford to run one of those behemoths, as much as I would like to. Unfortunately mine is now too nice to use after a frame-off re-do, so mostly it hauls coolers to car shows. Occasionally I use it for a Home Depot run, with plenty of moving blankets to protect the bed paint, of course.

That's a really cool truck.

Gasoline wrote:

Were cab-over Jeeps ever sold directly to the public? All that I've ever seen have been gvt surplus or retired from public utility fleets.

berkeley yeah. This is like my very own Good God Almighty thread.
Not all that heavy duty, but dripping cool in my book:

'GTR' means Great Towing Rig, right?

HappyAndy wrote: Were cab-over Jeeps ever sold directly to the public? All that I've ever seen have been gvt surplus or retired from public utility fleets.

Yep, but they're called FCs. Forward Control. The four door is pretty rare, but they're out there. Imagine a WW2 Jeep with the driver sitting forward right next to the engine.

http://thefcconnection.com/

http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f92/jeep-forward-control-3000/

alex wrote: Here are the two workhorses in my extended fleet. The 1500 has about a ton of 1/2" gravel in the bed, hence the stance.

Could you tell me more about the car hauler? That looks like my dream set up! Awesome truck!

My old 79 F150 wasn't cool but with these stripes it sure was groovy!!!

Seriously, I paid $600 bucks for it and it ran good for 6 years...after which a guy bought it off of me knowing full well it needed engine work for a couple hundred bucks. Not bad!

This thread is cool.

I originally intended for people to post trucks like the light blue Dodge above, but since others are posting trucks of lesser condition (nothing wrong with that), I'll post a pic of my dually. It's a '78 Camper Special with a 454, and I converted the bed to dump.

bravenrace wrote:

I'll have to get a photo, but one of my distant neighbors has horses, and pulls a vintage trailer with something really similar. It looks like a picture from an old GM truck brochure!

Not exactly stock anymore, and not exactly big, but she's my rig. The biggest I'll be getting until she can't haul anymore.

N Sperlo wrote:

That's not a pickup truck!!!

11110000 wrote: 'GTR' means Great Towing Rig, right?

I considered dropping an RB20DET into the Ranger.

bravenrace wrote:

N Sperlo wrote:

That's not a pickup truck!!!

Sorry. Here ya go.