Look what i found in Father inlaws shed

[Divine 59]

That is the same color as my 59 used to be. Now mine is all in primer gray.
It looks like a 3 on the tree? Deluxe heater...nice.

[DransportGarage]

OK, I gotta ask: Why would there be hitch points permanently mounted on the bumper? This truck obviously isn't a drag car. The dust bowl was in the '30s, so they probably weren't migrating to California. Did they tow it to the fields? I know I'm overlooking something, but what is it? I'm just a city boy, I guess...

[Kim57]

That thing came out real clean.
Kim

[YBNORML]

Nice! She's just screaming for a mechanical once over and to be driven, just how she looks now Hopefully he'll pass it on to you someday!
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[scatesracing]

Originally Posted by DransportGarage

OK, I gotta ask: Why would there be hitch points permanently mounted on the bumper? This truck obviously isn't a drag car. The dust bowl was in the '30s, so they probably weren't migrating to California. Did they tow it to the fields? I know I'm overlooking something, but what is it? I'm just a city boy, I guess...

Yeah they would tow it to the field so they had wheels to get back home in a hurry if they needed to. like for lunch. LOL... it also has an old ac compressor on a pressure switch with tanks mounted to the frame rails for air on the go. you can run air tools in the field with it.

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by scatesracing

Yeah they would tow it to the field so they had wheels to get back home in a hurry if they needed to. like for lunch. LOL... it also has an old ac compressor on a pressure switch with tanks mounted to the frame rails for air on the go. you can run air tools in the field with it.

Wow. If only these old trucks could talk! Great patina on the old girl by the way.

[Wheelie]

Cool find! Barn/shed finds are the best.

[Daner]

Originally Posted by DransportGarage

OK, I gotta ask: Why would there be hitch points permanently mounted on the bumper? This truck obviously isn't a drag car. The dust bowl was in the '30s, so they probably weren't migrating to California. Did they tow it to the fields? I know I'm overlooking something, but what is it? I'm just a city boy, I guess...

Where I'm from you can tell the single farmers or the ones with busy wives by whether or not their truck/ATV has a tow bar. Most seem to have at least one vehicle for those lonely days.

They are really handy for moving to the field. For example when seeding you usually need your seeder + a truck with seed to refill then a ride back home at the end of the day(or to the local CO OP for parts).

I actually pulled my 67 home with its tow bar when I picked it up from the PO. I took it off when I rebuilt the engine but it will be going back on in the spring.

Edit: Would love to see more pics of it. Old work trucks are great. Your father in law has good taste in tractors also I see

[scatesracing]

thats funny about the single farmer... i think the stepmonster is a better farm wife..lol none of the trucks we use now have tow bars. and yes we only drive red tractors

[scatesracing]

I was just thinking about the tractors so i had to go back and look.... The ford is in the picture. So let me reword this. "We don't alow green tractors on our farm." LOL

[Daner]

Lol I was talking about the red ones in the back :P ours are all red also cept for a ford my cousin won in a raffle. At least they don't clash too bad color wise

[donthekawguy]

This reminds me of the farm truck my ex mother in law owns or used to own. She has-had a 58 longbed fleet they got back in the 70's. They rebuilt the motor in 2007 and the tranny in 2008. I only got to drive it once and we were pulling 10 tons of hey with no problem. One of the tires on the trailer blew out the load was so heavy but that truck kept going. Me and the ex have been divorced about 10 years but I think I might look up her mom and see if she still has the truck and wants to sell it. Maybe she doesnt hate me as much as her daughter does.