Time for an old truck....1959 Apache
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I love the '58/'59 Fleetside bed, but I prefer the single-headlight front end of the '55-'57 trucks.
Got pix?
Djcoolray
Addicted Member
Happened two divorces ago, something I did as a young man !
Dennis moves to the SW and goes all hippie on us
Yep, but with no hair this time! I've had every body style of the Ford pick up since 1955. I thought I'd switch up the time.
Same reason that GMC light and medium duty trucks exist. Dealers didn't like sending fleet buyers down the street to the Chevy dealer to fill out their lighter truck needs.
I know someone with one of those Diamond T pickups, they're cool as hell. I know where a matching Diamond T semi and trailer have been sitting for ages, but I certainly don't have the room for that kind of project. The degree to which those Diamond T pickups are overbuilt is completely insane. They had to cost twice what a GMC did when new.
And probably weight twice as much. I "think" they were all one ton trucks, so beefy as hell.
Here is a good, and short, history on the 201.
http://www.mervbergman.net/1940-diamond-t-model-201/a-history-of-the-diamond-t-truck/
Here is a good, and short, history on the 201.
http://www.mervbergman.net/1940-diamond-t-model-201/a-history-of-the-diamond-t-truck/
I have a '52 2R-11 that needs restored.
https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hmn/2011/10/1949--53-Studebaker-2R-Trucks/3704591.html
https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hmn/2011/10/1949--53-Studebaker-2R-Trucks/3704591.html
Those are beauty's as well. But I think I found a solid Apache, all original with no rust local for less than I was planning on spending. I don't plan on hot rodding it, just make it run well and fully functional. In the move out here, I sold a lot of tools but kept my engine stand and spray gun. Now that I think about it, I sold my sand blaster too. Oh Well, back to Harbor Freight.
KutzlerTrans
Jennie & I with Buddy and Barney.
We (uncle) had one that had a dump box on it. Us kids would haul the garbage through a mile of woods to the town dump and dump it in the hole.
As with any truck with 13 rear leaf springs, the cabs were tall so your head would not hit the roof so hard on rough roads.
As with any truck with 13 rear leaf springs, the cabs were tall so your head would not hit the roof so hard on rough roads.
blhagstrom
Mad Scientist, fixer.
There was a 59 Apache in my history.
Dad dropped a 348 in it.
It became the fastest drag race anything in the region.
Tore up transmissions and rear ends to no end.
Guy that got it from Dad had an old heavy refrigerator in the back on its back as a beer cooler.
Lots of traction and torque.
I'll never forget that pickup.
Dad dropped a 348 in it.
It became the fastest drag race anything in the region.
Tore up transmissions and rear ends to no end.
Guy that got it from Dad had an old heavy refrigerator in the back on its back as a beer cooler.
Lots of traction and torque.
I'll never forget that pickup.
blhagstrom
Mad Scientist, fixer.
I learned to drive in a '59 Apache stepside - 3 on the column, floor starter... What great old truck... Could barely see over the dash...
Come to think of it. I learned to drive stick in ours.
Yeah, must have been about 9-10 years old.
Pedels and dash were tough to reach.
Learned in a fresh plowed field.
It was quite a ride.
