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Noted In Passing: At the Elks Annual Chico Car Show
byVanderleunonApril 20, 2022
Me: My Lord, man, what is that?
He: International Harvester flatbed dragster.
Me: Where do you park it?
He: On my farm about 20 miles out of town.
Me: What’s it like to own that beast?
He: It’s like eighty dollars in gas to get here.
Nice ride, all our friends are into street rods, we’ve got a 61 Ford Unibody pick up,,Rat Rod. Built 289, slap stick, transmission, lowered. Haven’t driven it in along time, just like all the other toys in the toy garage.
Anyway that guys rigs a nice ride!
KlausApril 20, 2022, 12:38 PM
Hey Dirk I also have a 61 F100 unibody longbed still original configuration. 292 Y block 3speed on the column dealer ordered Dana posi rear with 373s in Caribbean Turquoise. It’s kinda my daily driver now if I need to leave the homestead that is.
Unibody meaning cab and bed are one and not separated. It’s still a frame chassis though.
gwbnycApril 20, 2022, 12:30 PM
Pinto.
…I said PINTO!
VanderleunApril 20, 2022, 1:00 PM
So classic it is starting to look cool.
Gordon ScottApril 20, 2022, 2:06 PM
I bought a well used Pinto that was not this pretty back in, oh, about 1990 for $300, for the stepdaughter to drive. It served her well until one snowy night when she gently rolled it into the center ditch on US 10. Then I had it towed to the house, and it sat in the front yard with the roof in a V-shape. A few months later I sold it for $300. It still started and ran just fine.
TerryApril 20, 2022, 6:37 PM
A friend and co-worker had one of those Ford Pinto’s. He was always looking at the rear view mirror when driving in traffic. Those cars were referred to as a “Ford microwave” back then. Get rear-ended and the fuel tank exploded in a great ball of fire.
Gordon ScottApril 20, 2022, 8:51 PM
Now if you had the Pinto with the Firestone 500 tread-shedding tires, you had a real beast!
gwbnycApril 20, 2022, 9:05 PM
one version had a completely glass hatchback that was cool looking.
the pinto and vega were ford and GM’s answer to each other as america’s reason to buy a foreign compact.
…I was there. Fifty-two years ago.
ghostsniperApril 20, 2022, 2:13 PM
I’d like to see more of that truck.
ThisIsNotNutellaApril 20, 2022, 5:29 PM
Got the makings of a Technical, but they’ll hear it coming.
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Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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Nice ride, all our friends are into street rods, we’ve got a 61 Ford Unibody pick up,,Rat Rod. Built 289, slap stick, transmission, lowered. Haven’t driven it in along time, just like all the other toys in the toy garage.
Anyway that guys rigs a nice ride!
Hey Dirk I also have a 61 F100 unibody longbed still original configuration. 292 Y block 3speed on the column dealer ordered Dana posi rear with 373s in Caribbean Turquoise. It’s kinda my daily driver now if I need to leave the homestead that is.
Klaus, very nice. I have power steering and front discs to add, just haven’t. Anyways bitchen tucks!
Wait! Klaus, a unibody in ’61?? Who knew!
and earlier, IIRC.
Ford Unibody 1961 thru 64?
61-63
Unibody meaning cab and bed are one and not separated. It’s still a frame chassis though.
Pinto.
…I said PINTO!
So classic it is starting to look cool.
I bought a well used Pinto that was not this pretty back in, oh, about 1990 for $300, for the stepdaughter to drive. It served her well until one snowy night when she gently rolled it into the center ditch on US 10. Then I had it towed to the house, and it sat in the front yard with the roof in a V-shape. A few months later I sold it for $300. It still started and ran just fine.
A friend and co-worker had one of those Ford Pinto’s. He was always looking at the rear view mirror when driving in traffic. Those cars were referred to as a “Ford microwave” back then. Get rear-ended and the fuel tank exploded in a great ball of fire.
Now if you had the Pinto with the Firestone 500 tread-shedding tires, you had a real beast!
one version had a completely glass hatchback that was cool looking.
the pinto and vega were ford and GM’s answer to each other as america’s reason to buy a foreign compact.
…I was there. Fifty-two years ago.
I’d like to see more of that truck.
Got the makings of a Technical, but they’ll hear it coming.
One must suffer for one’s art.