Neighbor's dad had a little Chevy truck, 1950 or thereabouts. Even though the speed limit was 60 back then, on the couple of times I went fishing with him and his dad, at 60 mph that little six was screaming. Must have had a 4.11 rear end to get some kind of work out of that little sucker. Course trucks were a lot lighter and smaller then.
Same thing on big trucks. Here's this little small cube six on a duce and a half and all and you wonder how it can do what it does. All in the gearing of the rear including 2 speed rear axles.
Last I recall at around 1956 another neighbor's dad bought a Ford p/u new with V8, 3 sp stick, heater/defroster, for $1600. Never forgot that number. Course a couple of years later I was making 50 cents an hour working at a Humble (Now Exxon) full service station on Saturdays and Sundays, and if you grossed $65 a week you were "doing good" as a tradesman. My mom and dad paid $60 a month on the mortgage and I just though that was an enormous amount of money......just keeping things in perspective.
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