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The only pick I have readly available but coon dog(black & tan) 86 is sitting in the same spot as I type. Notice black dog, a retired 84, but with good stories, in the backgound. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/y8MW7r68/IMG-0451.jpg)
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I had a 1970 Chevy C-10. The swing arm coil spring rear suspension sucked. Coil springs, city truck. They were also available with leaf springs, you bought wrong.
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The 1978 4x4 F-150 is, imo, the best looking truck ever made.
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Like this one? I agree with you mostly because I own it... ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/LETziay.jpg) [/quote] ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/Mxp4jth.jpg) [/quote][/quote]
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I had a 1970 Chevy C-10. The swing arm coil spring rear suspension sucked. Coil springs, city truck. They were also available with leaf springs, you bought wrong. Mine had leaf helper springs that pressed on the swingarms between the frame and rear axle. Real dumb idea. Loaded it heavy with green firewood one day, hit a bump and folded the swingarm. I didn't have alot of choices in trucks at the time as I was a high school kid with limited funds and fresh out of rich parents. Had to buy what I could afford. Sold that POS Chevy a year later and got a real truck from Dodge.
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The 1978 4x4 F-150 is, imo, the best looking truck ever made. I know of a green one for sale. Long bed.
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67 to 72 GM is good. The 73 to 80 GM was WAY better and WAY more comfortable though.
Ford probably had the better looking pickup in the mid to late 70s.
Dodge? Ha!
I am MAGA.
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67 to 72 GM is good. The 73 to 80 GM was WAY better and WAY more comfortable though.
Ford probably had the better looking pickup in the mid to late 70s.
Dodge? Ha!
WTF do you know ? Sheesh, kids.
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Indeed! 74-78 Chevy, especially the short beds.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee
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I had a 1970 Chevy C-10. The swing arm coil spring rear suspension sucked. Coil springs, city truck. They were also available with leaf springs, you bought wrong. Mine had leaf helper springs that pressed on the swingarms between the frame and rear axle. Real dumb idea. Loaded it heavy with green firewood one day, hit a bump and folded the swingarm. I didn't have alot of choices in trucks at the time as I was a high school kid with limited funds and fresh out of rich parents. Had to buy what I could afford. Sold that POS Chevy a year later and got a real truck from Dodge. Bought all you could afford, used would be easy to assume. Loaded it "heavy" how heavy is a good question, & broke it. Traded it for another brand. Always a perfect way to judge.
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I had a 1970 Chevy C-10. The swing arm coil spring rear suspension sucked. Coil springs, city truck. They were also available with leaf springs, you bought wrong. Mine had leaf helper springs that pressed on the swingarms between the frame and rear axle. Real dumb idea. Loaded it heavy with green firewood one day, hit a bump and folded the swingarm. I didn't have alot of choices in trucks at the time as I was a high school kid with limited funds and fresh out of rich parents. Had to buy what I could afford. Sold that POS Chevy a year later and got a real truck from Dodge. Bought all you could afford, used would be easy to assume. Loaded it "heavy" how heavy is a good question, & broke it. Traded it for another brand. Always a perfect way to judge. Chevy's have always been good if you don't mind fixing something every other week. I gave up on them for good 20 some years ago and will never own another. My last one was an s-10 Blazer. Biggest POS I've ever owned in my life.
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Like this one? I agree with you mostly because I own it... [/quote][/quote] [/quote] Yep
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Looks, right?
67-72 Chevy is great.
Late 70's Ford for the win.
Even though I would rather tell people my sister is a whore,
than have a brother drive a Ford.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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The Dodge Power Wagon was the most bad ass looking pickup of the 70's. damn something to agree on.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
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The 1978 4x4 F-150 is, imo, the best looking truck ever made. I agree. Dad's truck. Sold before I was old enough to drive it. ![[Linked Image from i617.photobucket.com]](https://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/ford1978302auto%20001_zpstxomsxrb.jpg)
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68 -72 ford and Chevy is a toss up for looks ..dodge was the ugliest thing made...I learned to drive in dads 70 ford f 150 ..My first truck was a 65 Chevy I skipped the 68-72 body and got a 79 then 83 then 93.. Which I still have...
On my second squair body blazer first was a 91 I drove over 300 k and sold it to my sister in law who drove it 5 more years then sold it..currently have a restored 89 and a restored 84 3/4 ton camper special both painted to match..
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Like this one? I agree with you mostly because I own it... [/quote][/quote] [/quote] 68-70 side marker light lenses on the bed panel & 71-72 on the front fender, tisk, tisk. Am I being worse than a grammer nazi? Probably. Seen pics of this truck many times, have always admired.
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My preference Ford High Boy! Best looking truck of the seventies. The Chevy 67 to 72 if they are short box. Dodge hasn't made a good looking truck since 58!
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Early and late 70s Fords.
I’ve got a 69 Ford F-100 Ranger that I am working on right now.
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