I’ll always remember my grandpas 64 Suburban. 4 on the floor, 6 cyl. Bench seats , 2 whl dr. Little single barrel carb. His Chihuahua Penny sitting by his side , fishin poles tackle boxes, pistol and rifle gun rack for a rifle. Standard equipment back in the good ole days. Learned to steer and then drive in that ole truck.
My brother bought a new 1973 Power Wagon and had it for years. I remember as a kid going four wheeling in the bush and my head would bounce off the gun rack over the back window. My brother would just laugh at my pain! Many great memories with that truck. I would sing Put Another Log On The Fire into the CB radio.
My first Ford truck was my Grandpa's 71 F100 Custom I bought from my Grandma in 1979 after he had passed. 302 with 3 on the tree. No power steering or brakes. Didn't even have a radio. Wish I would have kept it up and still had it.
Had a '73 (99.9% the same truck.only a few minor trim pieces and the year model on the title/VIN) in the family for many years. It was a good,solid truck. Not fast,not fancy but very reliable. Far better than the new ones with the 'Peanut Brittle' dashboards & weak transmissions!!! Only truck I've ever personally seen that could hit a cement bridgerail & even though totaled (bent the frame two different ways. Front rail on that one side & bowed behind the cab) & unrepairable would still run,drive & function. (It was after we sold it to a Family Friend,I wanted it but my Dad sold it out from under me!! After it got wrecked out,he said 'I ought to have just given it to you,because YOU wouldn't've gotten drunk & wrecked it!!')
Good to see Hoss. He was one in a million to say the least. This was back in the day when GM actually made a dependable vehicle unlike today. Today's vehicles are like a spoiled rotten four-year-old. Every time you drive one to town you have to buy / fix something on them.
Yep, 71 F250 custom cab, 360 auto, pwr steering and brakes. Factory air and an AM radio. Three tone green paint. Matching green interior with knit vynil bench seat. Two tanks, one inside the cab? That was living! Loving living!
I saw a lot of GMC and Chevy pickups in the 60's and 70's. I saw a ton of Ford Econoline vans. We borrowed an Econoline for a while. A terrific vehicle. I remember a fair amount of GMC and Chevrolet medium to heavy trucks. Some Ford as well but I would say the International Loadstar dominated the large truck scene. For really heavy duty it was Mack and White. The public makes the choice when it has options.
Our 71 Ford F-100 got totaled before we owned it 2 months. The truck's mass stopped a car from launching over a steep embankment, saving the kid's life, but ruining his hooptie Monte Carlo, and my truck.
At age 17, I bought my first new truck. A "71" F-100 with 302 V8, 3 speed on the column, long wide bed, no power steering or AC. $2,850.00 on the road. My how times have changed.
My parents bought a 1971 Ford F-250 Pickup brand new. They made some major modifications so they could carry a Winnebago Brave pickup camper with a 12 1/2 foot overall length. It was better than what Ford used to brag about with their Camper Specials.
Imagine, a TV ad that actually talks about the product they are selling! No snarky buffoonery, no woke spcial justice messaging, no emotional manipulation. Just a fine American product that is proud of what it is and what it does.
@garymathena2125 - You are correct and even some of them made pre 2000 are still around. The more plastic they have the less likely they are. Plastic grilles began in 1968 for Chevy. My mama had a 1967 Impala with metal grille.
My husband had a 64 also, and then we divorced,i was born in 64, guess I'm a vintage classic now,😅 Love these old commercials, thanks for sharing ✌️ RIP hoss, you were the best🙏
