Cool old transporter picture

Limey57 · 2013-10-27 15:33

Just stumbled across this picture:

Ecode70D · 2013-10-27 15:47

Nice going Gary
It looks like the three two two door cars are retractable. I wonder what kind of engine they used in the cool looking tow truck. someone out there will know. Jay

hotroddonnie · 2013-10-27 16:17

If this makes sense to anyone, the older I get the cooler older stuff gets, maybe it's just me.

Limey57 · 2013-10-27 16:24

Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2013-10-27 16:17
If this makes sense to anyone, the older I get the cooler older stuff gets, maybe it's just me.

Nope, not just you, there's at least two of us!

hotroddonnie · 2013-10-27 17:02

It's funny I'm 51 and I'm not to bad at guessing the year of cars from the 40's to the mid 70's, I couldn't tell you the year of any new car unless it's in my driveway!

Ecode70D · 2013-10-27 20:47

The new cars all look the same to me. I don't even give them a second look. They are boring.

wildhog · 2013-10-27 21:20

Jay.The engine in the hauler was probably a Lincoln style y-block.

Ecode70D · 2013-10-28 06:47

Thanks Tom
I kind of thought that it would have had to be something big like that to haul all of that weight across the country. I fondly remember those days seeing the fifty seven Fords getting delivered in Boston. Never thought of taking a picture. Didn't have a camera anyways. Jay

Limey57 · 2013-10-28 06:49

Fast forward to 2013 and a transporter full of new Fords just doesn't seem the same.................

JPotter57 · 2013-10-28 08:50

I have a similar photo somewhere with a light colored Custom tudor on the back...it is in my screensaver, I'll find it and post it later...

Zapato · 2013-10-28 12:38

Quote from: Limey57 on 2013-10-28 06:49
Fast forward to 2013 and a transporter full of new Fords just doesn't seem the same.................

Wife would love a pick from that load, she's nuts about that color green.

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hiball3985 · 2013-10-28 14:06

Quote from: Zapato on 2013-10-28 12:38
Wife would love a pick from that load, she's nuts about that color green.

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Same here, when the wife need a new car ( used ) a few years ago and I asked what she was interested in she said a green one. Thank God she didn't buy an ugly green...

JPotter57 · 2013-10-28 14:12

It would seem that they saw enough of that color in diapers over the years. My wife, however, likes that color too. Ick.

Limey57 · 2013-10-28 15:18

Over here that green and orange are the "in" colours for hot modern Fords (the sporty "ST" Fiesta and Focus). I quite like the orange but I can't help think in a few years time they'll look awful.

hiball3985 · 2013-10-28 16:11

Those greens and orange I couldn't deal with, I though they went out in the 70's. I got off lucky and she bought a 08 Fusion that is a light greenish/gray, I don't even what they call it..

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