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more about #1959 more comments → kleinlowe: I'd still flinch. I don't like to bang up my good ladder. #truckmonday more » 80Kofdrew: When I was a kid on the farm we had one in red with a flatbed on the back.......when the frame rotted away, my Dad, my brother and I put the body on a... more » flyingstitch: Safety glass? Feh! If your head goes through that side window, it will decapitate you, and by gum you'll like it! #truckmonday more » Elhigh: There's a '60 100 for sale not far from me. Bed's from an International, though. #truckmonday more » FrankGrimes: I love these style trucks probably my favorite body style of any truck ever. It's a shame to see this thing rusty. #truckmonday more » CptSevere: Very nice old truck. The fact that the hood, doors, bed and quarter panels don't match earns bonus points. The surface rust doesn't bother me at all. ... more » Mobius: Alameda, the island that rust forgot. Well, almost. #truckmonday more » 1964F100: That road veteran may actually be an F-250, judging from the 8-lug wheels. #truckmonday more » Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: I found this one up at a race in British Columbia... A little bit cleaner. Look close boys and girls and tell me if you can see what's different about... more » UDMan: I really miss DOTS Truck Mondays.... Thanks for reviving it for this Saturday. #truckmonday more » tankman: I don't understand why a truck has to be a POS beater to be considered a "real" truck. I replaced my 13 year old 125k miles Dakota because of reliabil... more » Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp: Remember the good old days, when you didn't need a stepladder to get into the bed of a truck? Ford certainly doesn't. #truckmonday more » MarywithanM™: The bookend hood emblems are bloody fantastic. #truckmonday more » rt4: Fender flares were stamped into the fender..... tie downs were screwed onto the outside of the bed. My, how times have changed. #truckmonday more » Novaload: Surely this brute hasn't been on Alameda all this time--he's got the telltale complexion of an outsider. But he'll be safe now. #truckmonday more » -
#downonthestreet
1959 Ford F100
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. You've all heard my "Real Trucks Versus Pretend Trucks" rant, so consider it delivered again! More » -
#downonthestreet
1959 Chevrolet El Camino
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. You know what's missing from modern trucks? Fins! More » -
#projectcarhell
PCH, Divina Commedia Edition: Toyota-Powered Fiat 1100 or Lancia Beta Berlina?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! As you saw in last week's episode, we love Italian Hell Projects! More » -
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Dysentery-Racked Carroll Shelby Pilots Aston Martin DBR1 To Le Mans Victory
The Aston Martin DBR1 is worthy of a post all on its own, but leave it to Scroggzilla to prowl the internet tubes and find us some great vintage film of Le Mans '59. More » -
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Mexico City 1959 Ford Galaxie Needs TLC
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. The streets of Mexico City are tough on cars… More » -
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PCH, Clash Of The Superpowers Edition: Clown-Owned Panhard Dyna Z-16 or Lotus Esprit Turbo?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and most hellish! Last round, PCH Superpower Britain crushed PCH wannabe Germany, but today it's an all-Superpower affair. More » -
#downonthestreetbonusedition
¡Abajo En La Calle De Cuba!
The ghost of Fulgencio Batista won't allow Americans to visit Cuba, but those commie-lovin' Canadians are free to doff their tuques and enjoy the presence of the world's largest concentration of pre-1960 Detroit iron. More » -
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PCH, What The Hell IS That Thing Edition: Humber Sceptre or Simca Aronde?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! We had as close to a tie as you're going to see in the Hell Garage, last time around, with the '77 911 Turbo just barely beating the '78 911 Turbo in the poll. Now it's time to return to some mano-a-mano PCH Superpower action, and not only that- it's time to look at crazy orphan cars from across the ocean, cars that will make passersbyshun you like the freak you areadmire your rebellious spirit. France versus Britain! Simca versus Humber!
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1959 Volkswagen Transporter
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Alameda is definitely a VW Transporter sort of town; you can find all the major Transporter-loving groups here, from original-owner curmudgeons to Spicoli-grade surfers. Yes, even though Alameda is inside San Francisco Bay and thus gets waves better measured in inches than in feet on its beaches, we still have plenty of surfers here. Windsurfers and kite surfers, that is, crazies who think nothing of braving the 50° water, howling winds, and vicious currents on their boards. And when they're done flirting with death for the day, they need a proper vehicle tostore their bongshaul their gear back home.
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#retro
Hellhammer Bringing Long-Lost Mark I Mist Back To Life
In the late 1950s, legendary San Jose-based customizer Joe Wilhelm started work on a project based on a 1936 Ford coupe. It started out fairly simple, with handmade grille and fenders on a still-recognizable Ford body, but became far more radical within a few years. By 1965, the car- called the Mark I Mist- sat on a Jaguar XK140 frame, with quad-carbed Buick nailhead and a wild European-influenced body. It was a big hit at the car shows and made the covers of Car Craft, Rod & Custom, etc. Then the car disappeared, not to be seen again for decades... when Black Metal V8olvo crew chief Hellhammer (aka Junkyard Dave) tracked it down. More » -
#chooseyoureternity
PCH, Japanese Nostalgia Edition: 1969 Toyota Crown or 1959 Datsun 1000?
It would appear that our readers are Lamborghini purists, given the 82/18 shellacking the V12-powered Espada issued to the Chevy-powered Espada in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll. Either way, who would have imagined owning a genuine, almost-running Lamborghini for the price of a new base Camry? Project Car Hell beckons! As we say so often here: what could go wrong? Today we're going to leave PCH Superpower Italy and head to a nation not so well known for maddeningly difficult Hell Projects; yes, we're feeling so inspired by the vintage Japanese steel at the Motoring J Style show that we have no choice but to descend into the fiery furnace of Vintage Japanese Car Hell. More » -
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PCH, Ten Grand To Glory Edition: Acura NSX or '59 Corvette?
The extremely cheap, extremely sketchy (putatively) NSX-engine-powered Acura Legend obliterated the dime-a-dozen turbo Civic in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll, which is about what we expected. So what if we could find not just an NSX engine but an entire car for cheap (well, maybe entire isn't the right word here, but you get the idea)- what then? Well, then we have quite a dilemma when trying to find something to stack up against the Acura, a car that's equally cool, in spittin' distance of the NSX's price range, and hideously expensive when it comes to part obtainment. Perhaps it's an impossible task, but let's see how things sort out in today's Detroit-versus-Japan matchup! More »
