Olivers Mating---

big tee

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #1

Saw this--I feel sorry for the front one!!

 

J Hamilton

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Location

Southern Illinois

• Jan 17, 2023

• #2

Is that truck badged as a Mercury?

 

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SkipperII

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #3

Canadian. Chevrolets were also badged differently also, I believe.

 

J Hamilton

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Location

Southern Illinois

• Jan 17, 2023

• #4

What were they badged as? I think Dodge was Fargo?

 

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sourgum

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #5

Is that semi about 1957 vintage. I think Ford sold trucks as Mercury in Canada back in the day.

 

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John Garner

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #6

That's a different flavor of the red / green discussion we usually see here.

 

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INCase

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #7

I wonder where that was taken.

Doesn't look like any of the Olie plant pictures i've seen but that doesn't mean much.

 

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Keith True

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #8

Ford went to the wraparound windshield in 1956,so I would guess at earlier than that.But,being a semi,and Canadian,all bets are off.I had a December of 73 C 60 Chevy bucket truck with the 72 style cab,the original owner had bought it new in March of 74.

 

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JMOR

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Location

TX

• Jan 17, 2023

• #9

(quoted from post at 11:16:25 01/17/23) Saw this--I feel sorry for the front one!!
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ot that front boy on his knees!

 

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jal-SD

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #10

GMC = General Motors Canada?

 

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paul

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #11

How did the dealerships unload their one or two. Interesting packing! I can see the plant being able to load them up its what they did all week long, but each dealer needed a way to unload.

Paul

 

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Mike(NEOhio)

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Location

Newbury, Ohio

• Jan 17, 2023

• #12

Looks more like office or municipal building than a factory.

 

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flying belgian

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #13

Driver might have stopped home before leaving town. Won't be back until late tomorrow night.

 

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INCase

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #14

I had the same thought

could be a hotel?? no sleeper on that old beast.

 

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Old weldor

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #15

The truck is a 1954!

 

Crazy Horse

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #16

JAL .... close but no cigar ..... poke the link ....
GMC ???

 

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greg oliver

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #17

Big Tee did you get the 1850 and 1955 sold? A 1955 got repowered with the 5.9. Came out nice.

 

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Keith True

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #18

I find the building interesting too.My first thought was something church related,but those things in the windows are probably just the design of the windows,not crosses.And,what are those little figures standing at the second floor levels?

 

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matthies

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• Jan 17, 2023

• #19

Maybe a small A frame hoist and just move it from tractor to tractor. Ford tractor shops had a real small narrow ones, made out of round pipe.

 

Welding man

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Location

West Virginia

• Jan 18, 2023

• #20

I used to own one of those trucks. Mine was a C750 Big Job. It was a 1953. Horn button in the steering wheel said Golden Jubilee 50 years of Ford Motor company. Sold it to a gentleman in Virginia, he stretched the frame dropped a 3208 Cat Turbo in it and made a motorhome out of it. It was a real eye opener.