Funny I was reading LimeyC10’s ending comment in the small world post:
“Has anyone else on here been behind the wheel of my ‘66 and if you have why didn’t you give it a squirt of rust retardant every now and again to help me out now?”
And I chuckled because my observation is that when a truck is new, we all want the best for it, wash, wax etc. but if it’s a fleet vehicle, no one cares.
And when almost any truck gets 10 – 15 years old, who cares anymore. Only after a truck survives 30+ years and is in reasonable condition will anyone give it a second look. In fact I notice that folks see new styling changes, hate them and it takes years for them to accept the new changes. I’ll bet there were plenty of [censored] off individuals in the fifties when the new trucks didn’t have running boards anymore. And what about fleet side beds? And for a while I’m sure square headlights were considered ugly. Will my ’97 GMC ever be considered a classic? It’s already referred to as “the old body style” in parts catalogs. If they only knew – lol.
