Red Horse

Guy is trying to open all your doors and she doesn't call 911? Far too trusting in my opinion- Knocking on doors is one thing-trying to gain entry??? As for your PD response, I think I would be in the chief's office in the morning given their response. As for cameras, good post-I'm wondering the same thing. I have a hard wired system and my alarm monitoring co. charges 300 a year. Plus I have some circuits that are out- One of my kids just bought two cameras for 200 bucks-tied to their phones. I had to go over his house the other day to pick up a set Deere forks he had borrowed and my phone rings-the d-in law. She says "Hi that you that just drove in?-she is at work and it dinged her cell!

Nice Rich-and where was this?

Yeah-but why is the truck carrying about a third of a load??😎 Kevin you must have some good pix of those RD-800's up in Maine. I always wondered why they did not roll over the minute they took an turn.

The Journal yesterday had an Opinion piece by Kimberly Strassel entitled "When Justice is Partial" with a by line.."Mueller is determined to sniff out any wrongdoing he can find-on one side." A closing quote .........."Prosecutors can claim all they want that they are applying the law equally, but if they only apply it to half the suspects, justice is not served. Mr Mueller seems blind to the national need for -the basic expectation of--a thorough look into all parties. That omission is fundamentally undermining any legitimacy in his findings. Lady Justice does not wear a blindfold over only one eye." I must admit, I voted for Trump while holding my nose- but we are a hell of a lot better off now than we were under the previous leadership . And for sure, better off than we would have been under Hillary's watch. On the Supreme Court issue alone my vote was justified as I have less fear now that O'bama's goal of building his own electorate has been overturned.

Great article IMO. Key phrase... First, Washington must recognize that American military power is not going to solve political, ethnic, or religious problems. Second, U.S. leaders must accept that America cannot solve every problem in the world—nor should it try.

Jim, Henniker still in business or has Carroll bought them out too? In any case a real looker!

wow- 118K ! 6 spd lo hole and 38 rears? You got lucky!

Hah! Bill Ford hit a home run when he hired Mulally. He must have been drinking too much wine with his silicon Valley pals when he picked furniture man.

Don't remember seeing it but had I, for sure I would have been checking it out-is it as rust free as this picture would lead you to believe?

Well 2006 would be a 6.0 would it not? No comparison to the 6.0 vs 6.7. F-550 6.7's are very popular contractor service trucks around here-set up as you describe yours. There are also a lot of 5500 Mopars in same service but I would say the 550's are in the majority. Had a contractor doing some work for me and his (550) also had an air "conditioning" system that kept tool compartments from developing condensation! Like yours-loaded-big hydraulic crane with wireless control, welder, 100 gal diesel tank, nice Miller welding set up etc etc. Guy's primary business is portable rock crushing so you can imagine-this thing is set up for every contingency. I will say the big Cat dealer has 650s set up for their service trucks.

U-haul 650's have been very visible here in NE.

Kevin, Carolina also had a lot of Fords. I was at KTP on a day when a large number of Carolinas were in production. What surprised me that day was the fact that they were all not going through as one large batch. Would have thought that would have been standard procedure.

Janes-regarding Maxidynes comment on eastern fleets agree -St J for sure-but I think they were hi-hoods.Also maybe Hemingway???

I think the R's were 700's. The U models with either 8V-71s or V-903's-not saying roadway had any 903's but I think the U's with V-8's all had that higher cab and a spacer section on the front fender- How about it KSC?

Paul-great pix-assuming this was in your archives of "rarities" . As for your comment...GM never used to be afraid to fling new ideas into production..I was going to comment along those lines when this IFS issue was a topic. I've always thought if Ford, Mopar, Mack, IH etc spent the money to develop new products, and then bailed out on them as quick as GM did, they would have been done-or in worse financial shape then they all occasionally were. I'm thinking like the IFS heavy truck, the Pontiac transaxle, the Toro-Flow, 8,2 etc.. Then again Ford probably dropped more on the Edsel than GM did on all of its short lived ventures combined! Bottom line, GM for sure had the financial resources in the old days. The old phrase.."paralysis through analysis" was probably practiced less at GM than it was at the other companies.

How about it JB-you guys in the dealer world get any inkling that there could be a new cab for Avon Lake given fact their production currently revolves around THREE cabs- --steel Super Duty for 650/750, aluminum Super duty for 450/550 chassis, and the ancient Econoline for the cut aways. Talk about inefficiency from a manufacturing viewpoint-or so it seems to me.

Well then you can relate to what I'm talking about. I have memories of meeting this truck on a pit road and the minute the driver was on the brakes you would see that nose drop down to the degree you would never see a conventional I-beam/leaf spring front drop like that unless something was broken. Interesting that here we are 58 years later after GM tried that out and the conventional I beam/leaf spring set up still rules although air bags are starting to make some inroads. But unless its on a custom fire truck chassis, still no true IFS designs to speak of...or so it seams to me.

Kevin-I think "One Ford" went out the window when Mulally left.. My only thought is this fwd platform has a lighter GVW than the RWD's we get here. In any case when you look at the continued downsizing in engine sizes, have to believe its only a matter of time before this gets here. Where is the 3.2 built?

I wonder how this compares with frames on RWD US versions

Then in 1960 GM came out with the brilliant IFS front end for heavy trucks. Long torsion bars that went back to frame I believe under cab. Local sand and gravel outfit had one- single axle with like a 6-8 yd body. Unforunately while a decent ride, I believe they had a bad habit of twisting frame rails. I think by 62, it was gone. In any case that 59 i a beauty.

Well I have to say I agree with Maxidyne's comment on "electrification". Then again maybe we should make a distinction between "electrification" and "autonomous" vehicles. No doubt there will be a battle between electrified vs IC vehicles-assuming the cost of electricity is accurately captured, but its the self driving cars that makes me scratch my head. I thought Americans loved their vehicles?..Loved to drive? Apparently Silicon Valley has convinced people at the top that we are done with all that. Then again, considering most new drivers don't know what a 3 pedal vehicle is, and probably can't change a tire. perhaps Silicon Valley knows what's best for us. Thank God we have furniture man at the helm😎

Shows what 23 years of good care does-good lookin' "95"

For sure-no bullshit guy who had no trouble calling a spade a spade. A different kind of guy from the majority of the ones we have seen at the top. And kind of like whoever is at the top at Ford, he always had to contend with a family that was behind the scenes-at least that is the perception I have. How about it Kevin or anyone else with a good handle on just what Fiat is all about these days??

Hippy-congrats-where did you finally find the signs? Looking good!

How about that- Horns on the roof! Apparently some old school guys who don't care about the .0006 mpg loss because of aero dynamics!