Posted by JDknut on October 29, 2009 at 08:59:42 from (152.120.255.250):
In Reply to: Old pickups posted by JRT on October 28, 2009 at 23:46:34:
There's a pretty neat book, titled 'Truck", that came out in the 70's, by John Jerome who was an editor at a car magazine, about restoring an old worn out pickup. He was thinking like you were. The book is a lot like Pirsig's book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance". He talks about first looking for just the right pre-technological pickup, the philosophy of restoring it and just mechanics and life in general. He settles finally on a 1950 Dodge, which was 22 years old at the time. Makes a really good read. Kind of quaint now. Can you imagine writing a book today about restoring a 22 year old (1987 model) truck today? There was another similar book with a similar title that came out a lot later about a guy restoring an 1951 International. You might be able to find these books at Amazon or one of the old book sites like Alibris.
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