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Regarding the thread about Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, etc....

I wanted to focus more on classic cars, classic trucks, that we all remember from back when we were kids! Check out this current eBay Motors auction based out of Tampa, FL. $13,500 is the opening bid on eBay:

1966 Ford F100, inline 6 cylinder, 3 speed (3 on the tree), totally original, red & white color w/ rust. Needs a good body job/repainting, is all I assume. Man, what I wouldn't give to take off from work, fly down to Tampa, FL and outright buy this classic "old school" Ford pickup and drive it all the way back up to Richmond, VA!

We had a ‘64 F250 on the farm. The straight 6 was so wore out and it was geared so low that once it warmed up, 55 mph was top speed. A good old truck though.

Owned one that's a twin to that truck. Back in 1977, but it had a , want to say a 283??? Motor was from a 1956 T bird. Wish I had it today, gotta love a 3 on the tree!

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I’ve got a 69 Ford that I will be working on starting winter/spring.

My daily driver.

I have a 62 Chevy c30, paid 300 dollars for it in 78. 235 six cyl with a four speed. I changed out the rearend several years ago cause the original was 5.14-1. Was wound up tight at 45. Changed it to a 3.73 and the 235 wouldn't pull it going uphill. Has a 350 and a Muncie four speed in it now.

I've got an old Dodge I'm planning to start freshening up soon. There is a degree of character older trucks have that the new ones completely lack.

I’ve got a 1963 Chevy C10 Stepside that will be getting a work over soon. 👍🏻

I love those old trucks but it’s to bad that more of them didn’t have 4wheel drive.

Id take a 1980 Toyota 4wd pickup over any old Ford/Chevy/Dodge.

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If you deal with Gateway Classics, be sure to bring a BIG tube of K-Y Jelly with you. The screwing you get will be epic- - - -and painful- - - - -unless you grease up liberally. They're a bunch of ripoff artists and liars!

My first vehicle was a 1956 Ford F-100.
My great-uncle bought it new and, in 1974 I got off of the school bus to see Uncle Norman standing in our driveway next to the truck. He handed me the keys and said, "Give me a ride home in your truck."

He had just bought a new '75 F-100 (same color).
When he passed in 1989, I bought that truck from his estate.

292 or 312. The 312 was called the "Thunderbird Special" no matter what platform it was installed in. Very popular with police departments in the late 1950's. Robert Mitchum drove one in "Thunder Road".

Hunts it was a 292 I believe, ran pretty good in the old truck.

Not to long ago that was a 1000 dollar pickup. Nowadays, they spray clear over the rust and call it "patina" and mark it up 5k..... hell, as far as we know that truck Had a perfectly good paint job and they fugged it up on purpose.... seems to be the going trend.

A 283 is a Chevy engine. Good one too!