I can remember in 1944 when the local vet got a new chevy pickup. Of course it was actually a 42 but a new truck was such a rare sight that it would draw onlookers where ever he had it. No one begrudged him getting it because he took care of the health of all the livestock in the area which was essential to the war effort. Vets back then went to the animals instead of the other way around, like now, and 1940's roads would use up a pickup in just several years.

Evan