1968 Monaco 500

[Stormer]

:laughing:

 

[commando1]

I've trailered C-bodies and other pickups with my 6 cylinder F-150. I wouldn't take it over The Rockies but other than that it did well as long as I kept it under 50.

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[Zymurgy]

I feel like I have been out of the loop lately. Working too many hours. Looking forward to seeing the car at Nats. I think you wife is going to keep you from selling it. Got to love it when the wife likes your car, mine loves the 300 and that was even before I started to restore it. You can't sell it yet either, because I want to go for a ride in it first.

I hope to have the 300 at Nats too but I'm not holding my breath. It will be at the upholstery shop 3 week on Wednesday and not much has been done yet. This is suppose to be my first real week that he has worked on my car. The other 2 that were there before mine are finished now.

 

[cm23uoc]

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Safe, sound & probably crooked.....

I could not stand having a shelf right over part of my car, no matter how well it is attached. I know I'm a little sick though.

 

[detmatt]

Dave your 3/4 ton was not ment to be fast but you should find that it'll feel like a loaded trailer isn't even there when towing. Your truck is considerably heavier then a 1/2 ton.

 

[Stormer]

my 6 cylinder F-150..........as long as I kept it under 50.

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Double face palm.

I hope to have the 300 at Nats too but I'm not holding my breath. .

I told you, just sit on a 5 gallon bucket if the seats aren't finished.....

I could not stand having a shelf right over part of my car, no matter how well it is attached. I know I'm a little sick though.

Built it with my own two hands, it's not going anywhere. I've been parking underneath it for a very long time.

 

[polara71]

Dave your 3/4 ton was not ment to be fast but you should find that it'll feel like a loaded trailer isn't even there when towing. Your truck is considerably heavier then a 1/2 ton.

I know Matt, I just hate the truck

 

[detmatt]

I kinda wish I had bought the 1/2 ton too.

 

[polara71]

I have had a bunch of weight in the back and it handles fine ......its a NY truck with rust issues and its white....I hate it

 

[commando1]

....I hate it

We figured that out several posts before...

 

[commando1]

I've trailered C-bodies and other pickups with my 6 cylinder F-150. I wouldn't take it over The Rockies but other than that it did well as long as I kept it under 50.

Double face palm

Yah, I know. You think something like this is needed to do everything.

 

[cm23uoc]

Just for the groceries. And an 18 wheeler for the real work.

 

[commando1]

Just for the groceries. And an 18 wheeler for the real work.

My grocery hauler for many, many, years.
Pickups. Pfffffffftttttttt

 

[cm23uoc]

You rarely see Conventionals over here from our European manufacturers, not even sure if they still produce such a model, all COE now.

 

[commando1]

The only COE you can still get in the U.S. is from Freightliner. Never seen on in person and probably never will.

COE's are dead here.
In a COE, the driver is the first one to the scene of the accident.

I drove this truck in 1971. 185 hp single axle and 100,000 GVW.

 

[cm23uoc]

That's interesting. A friend of mine was working in engineering at Freightliner for 3 years in Oregon sent over from the Mercedes plant in Germany; he lives just around my corner, have to ask him about his experiences in different design philosophies.

 

[1978 NYB]

The only COE you can still get in the U.S. is from Freightliner. Never seen on in person and probably never will.

COE's are dead here.
In a COE, the driver is the first one to the scene of the accident.

I drove this truck in 1971. 185 hp single axle and 100,000 GVW.

Are A&P's still in business? I remember those stores in Milwaukee back in the 60's.

 

[commando1]

Freightliner. Originally designed and built by Consolidated Freightway for their own use because nothing on the market held up to the abuse they demanded out of their trucks.

Now it's this county's biggest builder burying International into the ground. Shame.

 

[Stormer]

You missed it, Stan. I have a 1500.

 

[commando1]

I have a 1500.