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any of your trucks have any strange habits,,,my wipers will come on by themselves after you first start the truck and then quit,,been doing this ever since I have owned the truck, 8yrs,,, it has 12 volt electric wipers....plus another one, pull the key out and it will keep running,,,just curious,,,Fred

My '47 will run for a couple seconds after you turn the key off before it quits. Alan Horvath told me what's wrong with it, but I haven't fixed it yet.

Mine has a strange habit. It runs great. Isn't that strange. And with a Rochester carb.

Yeah when I pull the key out of mine it still runs to. everything on my truck is strange compared to everyone elses' new vehicles .

Mine doesn't seem to be able to pass by a gas station very often,
Scott

Mine won't start after sitting for a week or so but give it some ether and Whamo! it roars to life. Kinda like me after a night on Coronas.....

Mine keep wanting to spend my money and demands all my free time! :rolleyes:

Same as Houston...

Mine - the radio will blow fuses like timework. Once every month or so. Not really sure how frequently, I just keep a box of 15-blue fuses and a pair of needlenose pliers handy!

Turn the heater onto full blast will almost always result in a blown fuse. Can't figure that one out. It's a replacement motor for a 64-66 I think. Sometimes it'll run for 5 minutes or more before the fuse goes.. other times it's only seconds. It's been a while, but I think I also tried upping the amps on the fuse to no avail.

My Truck says :Feed Me..So i pull into a gas station...LOL

Ol' Blue has a habit of marking territory whenever and wherever I park the dang truck.

Now, I don't mind so much it there's a whole bunch of other trucks around, 'cause it ain't traceable, but in somebody's driveway.....well, I cain't duck that.

Just a spot or two, but itsl sure obvious.

When I park mine outside the Country Store, it has a habit of generating conversations....

mine has a swengali like power to make me spend money on it. i am normally very frugal but not with the truck, maybe i should have named her after a woman, not an antelope (oryx), personalised license plate. btw i don't have a woman. no pets no women no worries. RON

Olga is an idiot magnet. They keep pulling out in front of her.

The glovebox door on my '65 doesn't always want to close the first time.

The driver side door has to be shut with the right amount of force to latch all the way.

My ashtray squeals like a banshee anytime I open it... I use it to keep change in.

My gas gauge is either full or wigglin' back and forth.

-W

Guess I got problems.Old Yeller,chugs right along,and handles just as good as a new vehicle.Course a lot of people pull up and ask,what have you got in that thing.The 350 with headers and Flowmasters sounds really mean.

I walked by mine in the garage a few min. ago and I thought it said,,, take me for a drive,,,trucks can't talk can they?

I have two trucks, a 49 and a 53. When I get to talking about selling the 53, it performs beautifully and the 49 which always runs well, acts up. Like fred T above, both trucks are idiot magnets!

I drove my old 64 about 3/4 of a mile, pullin a trailer with my old coupe on it, ran like a dream, the first time I've driven it since last year about this time. Sure gets good gas mileage

Old trucker's never die
they just kinda rust out
resto 44

My '57 GMC has had a dashlight problem as long as I've owned it. Sometimes they just won't work at all;sometimes they quit while I'm driving,and sometimes they work fine for months. Often,I can get them to work again by twisting the light switch knob back and forth a buncha times,sometimes that helps not a bit. I even replaced the switch twice,and replaced the wiring to the dash lights,but it made no difference. It's okay though,I'm used to it now.
Oh-it bends pushrods every time I wind it more than 4,200 rpm,but that doesn't happen any more,since I re-geared it.
James

'89 cavalier z-24 wipers go psycho whenever they feel the need. (mainly when it's hot) i know it's not a stovebolt but i'm still lookin for one.

My 52 GMC Driver window has to have a helping hand when lowering it.

Mine's always begging to be washed.

It also gets jealous when I take another vehicle.

Likes to leak in the rain!

Jim

My 261 in my 58 1/2 ton likes to make the pkup turn in the direction of the nearest gas station.

my '68 C60's lights blink when you go over bumps, and the brake pedal has this strange habit of sinking to the floorboard without imparting any resistance to the forward momentum of the vehicle