What happened to the ½ ton truck with an 8 foot bed that had a bench seat, a manual 4-speed transmission, was affordable and didn’t require a ten year loan to pay for, had a standard AM/FM radio, roll down windows, sat low enough that I could reach the middle of the bed, had an engine I could service myself and an engine compartment I could get my whole body into.. ??
"Absence of Evidence does not mean Evidence of Absence."
- Dr. Carl Sagan
I think evolution, progress and technology along with consumer tastes.
They are still out there, albeit most are on blocks in peoples backyard.
They don't produce anything in small numbers anymore. Limited purchases put them out. You may be able to order one through the work truck line.
All sheep are eventually led to slaughter
The government happened
They still make them, it will be an auto trans though.
probably with a good old washing machine or refrigerator in the back..Originally Posted by Phoenix Dreaming
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The only ones that would know how to shift them and roll the windows down would be us boomers.
Affordable changed...
The dogs need some where to get out of the rain.
There have been more than one carjackings that didn't happen. Door gets wrenched open, gun drawn, then, "forget it I can't drive a stick".
Trucks have gotten better every year!
Ok boomer
Man, never took me more than 4 yrs to pay one off....
Daiwa / St. Croix / Abu Garcia / Sufix / Humminbird / Motorguide
T & H / Power Pole / BlueWater / Loc-R-Bar / Bravo 1 / MercMonitor
Here we go again...... something is in the werthers original today.
Yea and put the damn fuel pump back on the engine block !
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No demand for them so they stopped making them. The current offerings are what people want, if people wanted stick shifts, 8ft beds, hand crank windows etc, they would make them, but very few people want that anymore so they don't offer them.
Mulch mobiles......
They still make utility series and those are used commonly by all the service industries.
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