@@motorman85 You mean when Brandon was 5 years old and could actually complete a FULL sentence and didnt have power to DESTROY a country.....yea.....maybe so👍
As a 50-year old who daily drives an Excursion on 38's (with no running boards or steps), I certainly felt the getting in and out of the old Ford sequences.
86 K5 13" skyjacker w 44" super swamper. Nothing but my foot and a O' Shit handle (aftermarket) to get in . Just don't freshly tire wet and try to get it!
@@Dan-440 same here. the newer trucks are nice as hell but alot of the amenities will break after 5-10 years. id rather spend my money on putting a 350 in my 1937 chevy. the new trucks are too damn expensive and you need a ph.d to work on them
Not quite there yet, but do recall when the BIL was working and I wanted a place to smoke cigarettes (as a teen) in public. Got all the free tobacco and coffee I wanted. Took a number of years to learn his generosity stemmed from what he was smoking behind the dumpster lol.
My dad's favorite joke about his old blue Ford truck was "There's no recycled metal in this beast." My Grandpa also had an old Ford truck as well and the joke with it was "It'll take a fuel tank of gas to crank it but it'll pull your house down." lol When I drove up in my 1991 stepside Silverado all I heard was "the damn family is going to hell!" They respect my truck a bit better though since It survived me as a 16 year old and I still have it 17 years later
Nah new trucks are just overpriced junk that you end up trading in constantly is rather put that 50 grand into an old truck and drive it the rest of my life
I don't care how much a person is down & depressed after watching their episodes; you can't help from busting on the floor. Ginger Billy and family, thank you for bringing laughter.
I'm gonna have to agree with the classic trucks, they're easier to work on and are a lot more simple than the newer trucks with the electronics. Never had a hand crank window fail on me unlike the powered windows. 😂
I'm going to have to agree as well. My father just had to get a new truck because the computer quit on his old one so he couldn't repair it himself and the repair costs were more than the truck was worth.
I went to college driving a '69 Ford truck. When we sold the farm in 2018 it was still running. No side mirrors or tailgate but they drove it out of the pasture into town in a righteous cloud of blue smoke.
This guy is too funny! I lived in the south for about 5 years and met several guys like this. Good people that would give you the shirt off their backs if you asked.
Yep, New Truck Guy and Old Truck Guy may shit on each other in the field, but when they roll up at the bar they're usually buying each other drinks and talking about the biggest dad-gum fish they ever caught.
1978 Ford Bronco with lift kit, rerouted fuel line (yeah, they effed up that one, lol) and a hole in the muffler. That was a beast that made teen hoodlums scatter like roaches. I miss that truck.
As someone who drives an old rust bucket with no power anything, I can relate. I may be missing out on those sweet amenities, but I'm not missing those monthly car payments any.
@@hellhound1389 Exactly, I daily a 92 4 banger ranger and I love that I don’t have to baby it like my newer cars, I can take it anywhere without having to worry about causing damage. Not that it would matter anyways, when things do break I can fix it own my own, quickly, easily and for cheap, with basic tools and no real mechanic knowledge. Any car built in the last 5 years is a pita to work on, you’re basically forced to take it to a shop where they’ll charge you $200 to simply plug into a computer that won’t even tell show what’s wrong. The only upside to newer vehicles is the safety in terms of crumple zones and crash protection but that’s about it.
@@Jota-rc8yq those are the good rangers, they were known as the English rangers cuz they were based on a design from the UK but they were replaced by a Chinese design ranger that is a real turd and ran the ranger nameplate into the ground and eventually killed it. The new ranger is a UK design again
@ForeverGeralyn the monthly car payments that you have left is called car insurance. Yes, your payments are less expensive than leasing a new truck but you are still spending money.
As someone who has a classic truck built almost exactly like the one in this video just smaller tires but the same size rims and same lift I think I love this.
Why do you have the same lift on smaller tires? The only reason to lift a truck is to clear bigger tires and you want the minimum amount of lift to clear the tires because it hurts your trucks performance drastically I had 42" tires on my 460 big block f100 and four wheel steering and found my 10" lift was too much
Hey, I heard a euphemism one time that says "Not driving classic cars everyday is like not screwing a woman to keep her pristine for the next guy." I daily drive these classics, a lincoln mark v 77, and soon a Ford f150 custom 78 to boot.
When the old one breaks down, it's usually super easy to fix. When the new one breaks down, you either take it to the dealership and pay thousands of dollars, or become a computer technician to fix it.
@@DomR1997 wouldn't matter since many modern car manufacturers literally lock people out who don't have dealer specific tools/computers (Atleast not when it comes to cars but yeah, learn to code)
Can't buy anything used/new without dealing with all the computer problems the previous owner traded it in with. The dealships fix what little they care to, throw new tires on it and the sucker that buys it is lucky if the service engine light isn't on in a month.
I'm retired now, but back in the day I wanted a truck like that old Ford so much! Just didn't know the right people to get it built cheap, and I wanted to keep my day job. My hunting buddies just climbed in and 'went', wherever and on demand. No back corner of a distant field or shallow swamp was too for these ocean clippers of the field!
I miss the old days. Trucks in the 70's and 80's where very simplistic compared to the newer computer run everything version today. Then you needed a wrench, screw driver, hammer and maybe a socket wrench. Today , you need a programmer, a 15 year old to run it, and a fist full of cash for those costly but cheap plastic parts.
I used to have an 81 CJ with some holes in the floorboards. That was were half my trash wound up falling through. The wind would toss things around and blow until they worked there way out. Figured it out after my maglite and some tools bounced through one day and I heard them hit.
I'd rather have that old rust bucket over any of this new junk they're putting on the road today, don't forget on these new trucks if you extend the tow mirrors out all the way out gives it another 500hp lol
The classic truck guy does have a good point about newer vehicles relying more and more on computers and electronics. A emp blast would completely fry modern day vehicles.
"Did that come with Viagra and a walker?" Lol! I love how Billy always manages to be so hilariously relatable, no matter what our situation may be. I've been caring for older relatives, so this joke really hit 🎯 home. 😁
Hardee's has ruined everything except for their breakfast. With that being said, somehow they're working on a way to screw up eggs, sausage, biscuits, and coffee. Bonus points if you're old enough to remember how good Hardee's fried chicken was.
Hardee’s literally sucks soo bad they closed every one down in Knoxville tn and where I live in Clinton tn there are maybe one tops which is about to close just like Denny’s and Pizza Hut
@@ashleysimmons4916 come on now..they have charbroiled burgers made with good beef. I refuse to waste a meal in the life I have left with a nasty fried burger. As for their breakfast, they lost me when they got rid of the big everything breakfast burrito. Nowadays I just wait and only eat breakfast at the local place that does Saturday breakfast buffet. Eat till your sick and you don't have to eat again all day. 😋
I've had and regret selling, a Mighty 76 and a Mighty 79. I was the guy the jeep girls would call to get them out of the mud. I have hooked up and pulled a 70 foot single wide out of the brush, then turned it into a 2 Derby car hauler. It got between 4 to 7 miles to the gallon with or without 20,000 lbs behind it. Trucks were trucks back then, even Chevys were beastly, sorry dodge.
@@daviddubose8804 I worked for Chrysler back in the early 90's sad thing is, Ford owned a part of Cummins from early mid 90s to like 2015. They didn't put better products into the competition. It was more a control thing. Not saying anything bad about Cummins, definitely a good product. But, how many Dodge tow trucks did you see during those years? Frames were too weak. I know I've replaced lots of them. Dodge now I believe is better than they were.
I would take the ‘no bells and whistles’ of the 70’s FORD any day! My stepdad had a ‘76 F250 lifted with 42” monster mudders and a 351 Cleveland…that was a going son-of-a-bitch 😉
I had a 77 econoline, we took out the 351M and stuck in a 429 from a wrecked torino. My favorite part was seeing import guys showing off in the parking lots and laying down burnouts with the tires smoking in a van big enough to haul their cars in
@@hellhound1389 I was blessed to own several.of the late 60s and 70s Ford F150s and F250s but never had a 4x4 until 2000. In 2000 I bought a '96 F250 Off Road with the 351 Windsor and a Western Plow. I only plowed family's driveways and a couple friend's with it. Took that truck all over the eastern half of the USA. Got around 12 mpg no matter if it was empty or loaded. A my 60s and 70s trucks had the 390 FE or 360 motors and the C6 trannies and the '69 F100 with the three on the tree. I learned how to drive in a three on the tree F150 so When I went over the road in a semi I was pretty primed for all the shifting I had to do.
@@justinlang8011 yeah…I think so, he took it to a place (way back in mid to late 70’s) that built “ASS KICKIN’ 4 X 4’s”. Lifted it a little, bigassed meats and a ripping engine. Not a FORD guy by any means but, know it was a Cleveland for he bragged over beers and t’killya all the time to his buddies.
I have 1978 F150 dent side that I love. but I also have 1981 F250 bullnose 4x4. with a 300c.i. 4.9L inline six and a four speed that is bulletproof. those were probably the toughest truck ever made. but I really love that 79 that Ginger Billy has in this video. that truck is no doubt BAD ASS. even if I would have to keep a step ladder handy.
My soon to be 49yo a$$ has really come to appreciate them heated seats and i love remote start😂 the old square bodies and dentsides will always hold a special place with me😊
@@TinyDragon So when the electronics fail it'll at least be a nice looking obstacle, eh? Lol....all jokes aside, let one of these new trucks sit outside in the elements for thirty years without ever moving or even starting and see if you can get it running again without spending a fortune in time and money.
@@Moe_Fogerty with all the fancy electronics it won’t make it thirty years out in the elements I agree, but it is a damn nice ride while new! i don’t leave any of my vehicles out in the elements and thankfully I don’t have to worry about keeping my vehicles this long. If i had to keep a vehicle 30 years I would probably just get a tractor lol.
I remember sitting in my grandpa's classic truck when I was little: The seats were uncomfortable, there was no AC, the radio was archaic, which probably doesnt matter as the thing was so damn loud you couldnt hear it anyway. And a rather lovely eagle mural in the back window. RIP
This is where memories are made..... old truck may not be as Comfortable as a newer truck, but it's more of a real truck than these new trucks will ever be
@@bensrestorations5250 True but since then I've seen a few of those 429s set up that way in T-birds and at least one mid 70s Gran Torino and Cougar and man could they fly! Had a supervisor with a 66 T-bird with that set up and one morning I saw him getting off the freeway onto the main drag to work. I was driving my wife's 75 Olds Cutlass with a 350 Rocket. I punched that thing and took her as fast as she could go and my boss passed me a few seconds later like I was going backwards at 100mph! When I got to work he said "What took you so long? I've been here for 10 minutes already."😂😂😂 Then years later I stopped by his house for a visit and he had a 64 Falcon with a built 289 Hipo in it and he wanted me to buy it for $1800 buy I didn't have the money. Oh well...those were some good old times I tell ya.
I wouldn't. 1,000 ft lbs from that Powerstroke, it will out haul the big block every day. Playing in the dirt is for 1/2 ton trucks and smaller. Everything bigger than 1/2 should be used just for work.
I like the old truck better myself. I used to own something in between. A 1985 camper special truck it had a very luxurious interior for the time period, but it was a 1 ton with a 460 under the hood, it definitely still was a mean looking truck.
@@mewmewdesigns895 watch it now, bud. Don't talk smack about my dodge. Granted, there's no way in hell that I can pass a fuel station, but I can pull your house off its foundation.🤣😂🤣
When I was 15 years old I wanted my grandpa's 95 ram 2500. It has a 5 speed manual, crank windows, and the little ol 318 magnum in it. My mom was trying to convince me to not take that truck and she asked me if I was sure I wanted it and I replied with "unless you can find me something older." She never bothered me about it again and I'm glad I got that truck because being 16 to 17 years old right now I've been putting it through hell and it is surviving. Needless to say I'm a classic truck guy
I tell you what trucks back then were lead sleds and solid as a oak tree. Hell you hit a squirrel in the new aluminum duty trucks it does 10k damage the old ones just buff the bumper out.
I have a 66 C10, someone slid around a corner in the snow and hit the rear corner hard enough to push the truck a foot and a half laterally. It totalled the front of their car (ripped through the bumper, fenders, hood, headlight, and radiator) and my bumper sustained a dent about an inch wide. The worst part about the new vehicles is the bumpers, which have historically been designed to "bump" into things and be ok (cheap to manufacture and install, robust and durable) have all become so done up with sensors that it costs hundreds if not thousands of dollars.
Panels on new trucks are way stronger than on old truck. Just because it's aluminum it doesn't mean it's not strong. Aluminum part can be made stronger than steel yet still lighter. The bigger problem what if you hit a semi instead of squirrel that's when real strength is shown in new one you won't even feel the crash.
@@dkdanis1340 the body is most definitely not stronger on new vehicles. If you want to argue that the passengers inside are safer, then that's fair. But the way they did that is crumple zones and letting the car absorb the energy, and it uses deformation of the car to do it. But if you've ever seen a crash with an old vehicles vs a new one you can tell for a fact the old vehicle takes way less damage. I once saw a new f250 get in a headlong collision with an 80s Ford pickup, and the f250 was completely totalled. The front end had collapsed, the engine was underneath the cab (which it's designed to do), and it was undrivable. The old Ford pickup, after getting out and looking at his crooked bumper and checking to make sure the other people were ok, was able to drive away from the accident. The driver of the old truck took more impact, but the truck itself survived significantly better
@@imthedarknight-8755 look at any old vs new crash test old vehicle crumbles like tin can. Crumple zone will only deform in a crash. 40 mph hit will destroy any vehicle old or new so it absolutely doesn't matter if other vehicle is damaged less or more but absorbing as much of the shock as possible is very important. At any crash test old vehicle crumbles altogether with roof and front end while new vehicle makes sure cabin zone stays intacted and the front takes the impact. I have seen so many newer cars still being drivable after crash while old one is mangled. Keep in mind that the whole crumple zone helps whole body with rigidity and it's very stiff i would say even stiffer than old car but it made to exponentially absorb impact and crash has lots of impact so it crumbles it so you can imagine crazy force that can deform it. Now that all depends from vehicle to vehicle there are many old cars with their type of crumple zone and other things. There's a video of a tesla that hit safety rail by the road at 110 mph and after that full head on. The whole front end was destroyed but it drives no problem steering works.
True, my rusty yet trusty trucks would out pull haul and last any modern truck. When I see a new truck go 500k miles on original engine and trans then I will be impressed
@@hellhound1389 true. My 1985 ford f150 with her 351 windsor even pisses modern sports cars off. My built engine smokes the hell out of just about anything short of a 1,000hp. Old farm truck hauls ass and cargo at the same time. And it's the original block. Wouldn't trade her for any new vehicle.
I gotta say, "I have enjoyed my old FORD trucks" the best and still do. First vehicle: 1953 F100. I've had now for 41 years. Flathead. Love it. 1962 F100 Unibed. I've had it for 3 years. 1989 F350 7.3. One month and love it. If course, I had other FORD trucks but, nothing newer than 2008. Give me old school vent windows. Simple to work on.....and CHEAPER! They aren't as smooth or comfy as a new one but, I like them better. I've noticed they garner more appreciation from on-lookers. People seem to really dig old school.
older trucks have personality and character, new trucks all look the same from a couple metres away... you can see (and hear) an old effy coming from ages away
I wish old ones were cheaper lol. They’re starting to get up there in price up north here. Sure they’re cheaper than brand new but a clean OBS will go for more than a clean 07 sometimes. Shit there’s a guy near me asking 47k for a 98 ram
@@ridewithme3428 Their cost is rising that's true but, I compared my 1989 F350 with only 85,000 miles to a newer one with 85,000 miles and the price is way cheaper for the 33 year old truck. AND it garners the appreciation before a newer one. Old school is simply cooler. Oh....also, my '89 increases in value each year while the newer truck goes down. Give me old school.
Lol I’ve got both. Multiple new trucks for my business and then multiple old trucks that I drive all weekend/every chance I get. Best of both worlds and it’s all relatable. I don’t need to know how to work on new trucks… because they don’t need working on. But enjoy restoring my old ones and proud of the work when I get done. As well as enjoy cruising around in them and forgetting about how fast the world is spinning around me..
I drive a 64 C10 every day. Love it. Awesome video. Wing windows and the feel of an old thin steering wheel with the little nibs on the back can't be beat. A pair of cherry bombs rumbling at 2500 rpm is nice too.
@@rldowns3 it's a fact that modern cars and trucks are safer, look up crash tests, the difference is scary. I appreciate classic cars and trucks and I think we should preserve them but they are not safe in comparison.
I'm in the classic truck category I own a 91 silverado and honestly love it best vehicle I've ever owned, all the repairs I've done on it have been done in the garage, never taken it to the shop once, currently restoring it piece by piece back to factory new. Also the hand crank windows have never failed me... though I will say this the AC joke kinda hit hard because mine don't work so I actually do use window as the AC lmao.
I must say, that was seriously entertaining I enjoyed you as both characters and I see the advantage of both trucks! My truck is more like the old one. Although I think I need some new glow plugs… If it’s under 50°F the damn thing won’t start very easily without plugging in the oil heater.
Once again, Mr. Billy, you make me laugh......No easy task. Thank you for being so consistent. What a pleasure it is to have people like you available to entertain us. A much better choice than respiratory therapy! Cheers!
