It must have been 1953, so this would be a fifty year old story. Dad had just bought his first work truck and called mom on the party line. (that's the original phone system, for you youngsters with surgically implanted cell phones) It took big news in those days in order to merit use of a telephone, not the mindless, I've got nothing else to do pap of most of todays phone calls.
Dad was coming home with his new truck!!! The truck was actually used, but it was still huge news in the days when buying anything new was an unheard of luxury. We waited eagerly as Dad drove down the road and into our driveway.
It was nearly dark as I ran up to the front of that massive Dodge Red, 5 window cab, Pilot House. I'm not even sure what year it was, from looking at the old faded pictures it was a '48 to '50, but I loved that old truck, it was the first truck I had ever seen up close, the noise and smells, the hard metal dash, the bouncy ride, all oozed power and strength.
Dad kept that truck for several years, until he was issued a company truck by his company. Once he had a company truck, a truck for personal use must have been calling to him from the Great Dodge beyond and in 1964 he drove home with a W200, another Dodge Red beauty. I know much, much more about that 39 year old truck, it sits in my shop today and is affectionately known now as the 'Parts Pile' due to the 3 year long restoration it is undergoing, "in my spare time". As I type this I realize that I'd better get it in gear if I want the truck to be on the road for it's 40th Birthday!
The '64 is awesome with many, many more memories than the Pilot House, and I have owed, many, many Dodges in the intervening years, but the one Dodge that still is vividly etched in my memory, is the first Dodge Red truck that I ever saw, that night many years ago, when Dad drove it pridefully home.
MoparNorm
Dad was coming home with his new truck!!! The truck was actually used, but it was still huge news in the days when buying anything new was an unheard of luxury. We waited eagerly as Dad drove down the road and into our driveway.
It was nearly dark as I ran up to the front of that massive Dodge Red, 5 window cab, Pilot House. I'm not even sure what year it was, from looking at the old faded pictures it was a '48 to '50, but I loved that old truck, it was the first truck I had ever seen up close, the noise and smells, the hard metal dash, the bouncy ride, all oozed power and strength.
Dad kept that truck for several years, until he was issued a company truck by his company. Once he had a company truck, a truck for personal use must have been calling to him from the Great Dodge beyond and in 1964 he drove home with a W200, another Dodge Red beauty. I know much, much more about that 39 year old truck, it sits in my shop today and is affectionately known now as the 'Parts Pile' due to the 3 year long restoration it is undergoing, "in my spare time". As I type this I realize that I'd better get it in gear if I want the truck to be on the road for it's 40th Birthday!
The '64 is awesome with many, many more memories than the Pilot House, and I have owed, many, many Dodges in the intervening years, but the one Dodge that still is vividly etched in my memory, is the first Dodge Red truck that I ever saw, that night many years ago, when Dad drove it pridefully home.
MoparNorm
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