First Model (Scout 80) International Scout.
On the occasion of the reintroduction of the Scout, an example of their very first model, which was manufactured from 1965 to 1970. They were somewhat smaller than the Jeep CJ-5 of the same vintage.
Showing posts with label Work Truck Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Work Truck Blog. Show all posts
Monday, October 28, 2024
The Work Truck Blog: International Scouts are back.
The Work Truck Blog: International Scouts are back.:
On the occasion of the reintroduction of the Scout, an example of their very first model, which was manufactured from 1965 to 1970. They were somewhat smaller than the Jeep CJ-5 of the same vintage.
On the occasion of the reintroduction of the Scout, an example of their very first model, which was manufactured from 1965 to 1970. They were somewhat smaller than the Jeep CJ-5 of the same vintage.
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Saturday, March 23, 2024
The Work Truck Blog: Hating on EVs.
The Work Truck Blog: Hating on EVs.:
An earlier thread here:
Hating on EVs.
Oh my, they're here:
The Work Truck Blog: Wyoming Delegation: Everyone Wants Internal Combus...:
Something is really up with the GOP hating on EV's. It's really bizarre. And it's not just Wyoming. Consider that Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska, who was on a tear the other day, posting tweet after tweet about electric vehicles.
Wyoming Delegation: Everyone Wants Internal Combustion Engines, Enough With EV Nonsense
Wyoming Delegation: Everyone Wants Internal Combustion Engines, Enough With EV Nonsense
There is a real holding back the tide aspect to this. Electric vehicles are coming, and soon.
Indeed, they aren't really new.
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California insists it's “speculative” to assume EVs will remain heavier than gas cars.Public policy should reflect reality, not the baseless future dream of featherweight electric cars.What’s speculative, obviously, is assuming with no evidence that their weight will change.
Heavy? Great. We used to complain that fuel efficient vehicles were too light.
To read the GOP propaganda in some quarters, Electric Vehicles travel in rogue bands, cross the Rhine, sack and loot villages, and take your daughters.
It's really absurd.
All this comes about due to a Biden Administration proposed fuel efficiency mandate designed to spur on the development of EVs. This is similar to what was done in the 70s and 80s concerning mileage standards, which some people also howled about. And it's similar to what was done regarding water efficiency and electric efficiency in appliances since the 1970s. In each instance, there were complainers who howled it was Federal overreach and the standard could't be met. In each instance, however, industry had little trouble meeting it.
The truth of the matter is that EVs are now here, and there's a real holding back the tide aspect of this. They're going to dominate in the near future, and each and every one of the supposed reasons that won't happen will be proven wrong, as will the common assertions it won't matter.
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
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Sunday, September 3, 2023
Best Posts of the Week of August 27, 2023.
A wee, in which there were far too many posts here, quite frankly.
Subsidiarity Economics. The times more or less locally, Part XV. The 2% solution?
Suzuki Samurai, second generation.
Not a truck at all.
Don Juan's Mexican Restaurant, Casper Wyoming
Prairie mural, downtown Denver
Thursday, August 31, 2023
The Work Truck Blog: Not a truck at all.
The Work Truck Blog: Not a truck at all.: 
A Ural motorcycle with a sidecar. Urals are Russian knockoffs of the World War Two era BMW, and frequently have sidecars. They were designed for military use.
Not a truck at all.
A Ural motorcycle with a sidecar. Urals are Russian knockoffs of the World War Two era BMW, and frequently have sidecars. They were designed for military use.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
The Work Truck Blog: Suzuki Samurai, second generation.
The Work Truck Blog: Suzuki Samurai, second generation.: 
Suzuki Samurai, second generation.
Suzuki's idea of a Jeep, the Samurai was a little Jeep like vehicle that frankly recalls the Bantam that preceded the Willys, too light and too small.
I ran across this one just the other day. You don't see too many anymore, but for those who have them, and haven't rolled them, well, they're probably handy.
Monday, June 19, 2023
Sunday, May 14, 2023
The Work Truck Blog: What's this blog about?
The Work Truck Blog: What's this blog about?:
In buying it, I acquired a 4x4, something my father had never owned. Unfortunately for me, or maybe fortunately, the engine was shot when I got it, so like the first car in the ballad Our Town, it didn't go far. It established a precedence, however. I've never been without a 4x4 since, and I've owned two more Jeeps, one of which I currently drive almost every day.
Also, a 1974, it was, as Dodge used to advertise, "job ready". Suspended more like a modern 3/4 ton, it was rough riding and tough as nails. I drove it well into college, even though by that time I already had a second truck, a 1962 Dodge W300. Ultimately, I sold it to my father, it becoming the only 4x4 truck he ever owned. He drove it until it died, and truth be known, he didn't live much longer after that. It's odd to think that he was younger than I am now when he bought it from me, and used it until both he and it really could go no further.
What's this blog about?
Oh no, Yeoman, not another blog.
Well, yes.
This one is dedicated to trucks, more specifically work trucks.
I've always had a thing for trucks. And by that I mean real trucks. Not the cards mascarading as trucks that are so common today.
I'm sure I picked this up as a kid.
My father always had a truck. Indeed, he always had a truck when most men of his occupation had cars, and perhaps a truck at home (most did). Most men who did what my father did, and at the time he did it they were all men, drove a car to work day by day. Not my father. He drove a truck.
One of my cousins with my father's 1956 Chevrolet pickup truck.
I don't think my father ever actually owned a car of his own, although he co-owned there with my mother after they were married. Before my grandfather died in the late 1940s, and my father worked as a teenager at the company packing house, my father drove a packing house sedan that had been converted into a truck. It was a 1949 Chevrolet Sedan that had the bonnet removed from the truck, and a box installed.
If that doesn't sound like a truck, rest assured it is. The suspensions on late 40s and early 50s sedans were pretty truck like. I myself had a 1954 Chevrolet Sedan for many years, and I drove it fishing fairly routinely, just like you would a truck. I've owned two other cars since then, and I'd certainly not do that with them.
He had the 1949 prior to going into the Air Force and when he came back out, he bought the truck depicted above, the only new one he ever owned. He had that until some point in the 1960s. I'm told that I cried when he traded it in.
At that time, he acquired a 1965 Chevrolet Camper Special, which oddly enough was a half ton. I recall it well. A stick shift, light green truck with a white tonneau tarp, he had it for many years. I learned how to drive on it. Indeed, when I was old enough to test for my license at age 16, he had only just recently replaced it with a 1972 GMC. I can recall this as I had a hard time with the driving test as I took it on my parent's 1973 Mercury Comet, which I later owned. It was an automatic and I kept going to shift during the test, something which was emphasized by the fact that I was nervous.
I already owned a type of truck at that time, that being what the Army called a 1/4 ton utility truck or vehicle. I.e., a Jeep. Mine was a 1958 M38A1, my first vehicle.
In buying it, I acquired a 4x4, something my father had never owned. Unfortunately for me, or maybe fortunately, the engine was shot when I got it, so like the first car in the ballad Our Town, it didn't go far. It established a precedence, however. I've never been without a 4x4 since, and I've owned two more Jeeps, one of which I currently drive almost every day.
The 58 M38A1 was ultimately replaced by a 1974 F100 4x4 pickup, a light half ton. It's amazing to think that the 74 was "old" when I got it, as couldn't have been more than six or so years old in reality. It was well-used however, and I only drove it for a year or so before I traded it in, myself, for a Dodge D150, the first great truck I ever owned.
Also, a 1974, it was, as Dodge used to advertise, "job ready". Suspended more like a modern 3/4 ton, it was rough riding and tough as nails. I drove it well into college, even though by that time I already had a second truck, a 1962 Dodge W300. Ultimately, I sold it to my father, it becoming the only 4x4 truck he ever owned. He drove it until it died, and truth be known, he didn't live much longer after that. It's odd to think that he was younger than I am now when he bought it from me, and used it until both he and it really could go no further.
As you can probably tell, I've owned a lot of trucks over the years. If you stick to just pickup trucks, I've owned seven of them, of which four were half tons and the remainder one tons (or heavier). All have been 4x4s. If you include Jeeps as little trucks, which I think they are, I've owned an additional three.
I'm likely done buying them. The last one I bought that I regularly drive I've had now almost twenty years. Petroleum vehicles are coming to an end, and at age 60, I'm also coming to an end.
But I've never gotten over my love for real trucks, and hence this blog on them.
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