Monday, March 2, 2009

old trucks


Old trucks fascinate me.
This one looks a lot like the Mack trucks that were used in World War 1. This one has been equipped with later tires, I think the originals were solid rubber.
This was long before power steering (as were dad's trucks) or power brakes. It took some real muscle to drive these old babies, and they were slooooow.
Even at the slower speeds they traveled they were absolute kidney crushers.
Did you ask about AC? Roll the window down. Not all trucks even had workable heaters.

2 comments:

Lori1955 said...

I'm trying to imagine a vehicle without AC. Can't do it. :)

¸.•*´)ღ¸.•*´Chris said...

I love older vehicles. The history behind them is intriguing to me. If they could talk, the stories they could tell.