5 speed mains, 3-4 speed auxiliaries, and then throw in 2 speed MANUAL shift rears and thats why those old truckers were a special and proud bunch. You had to be a much better driver/operator in those days than is necessary today reclined in your Bostrom air seat, CB & CD and a condo on the back. Talk about a tough life...!


1953 Chevy 5-window 3100
In the Stovebolt Gallery
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Dave
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If you can't make seventy by an easy road, don't go. ~~ Mark Twain