Green Dash

That's a beautiful truck! The woodgrain dash and black upholstery did wonders to dress up the interiors of the later 300's.

The Hunts Point stories are probably true for the most part. Here are a few incidents that I personally witnessed. My Dad's boss robbed outside his business at knifepoint in broad daylight. They did a lot of cash and carry business and carried a lot of cash. Climbing into the driver's door of my Dad's truck to fetch his cigarettes only to be greeted by another kid coming through the passenger door to grab whatever he could carry. A dead body lying on the concrete median of Halleck St for the better part of a day. Cops assumed it was a homeless person camping out. 5 or 6 hookers on each corner of Halleck St with their halter tops rolled up exposing their boobs. When a cop would approach they would quickly roll them down until he was out of sight. I was once attacked with a barrage of glass bottles while making of coffee run. I was slightly hit by two, but got away with only one bruise on my left arm. Me being a whitey is what provoked that one. The boss would lock a few of the nearest stray dogs in the yard at night to create the illusion that he had watchdogs. We came in one morning to find an empty hole where my Dad had parked the '70 IH 2000D and attached reefer the night before. The watchdogs were still there and still enjoying what was prolly the best meal they'd had in quite some time. There were several incidents where a kid on foot or bicycle or an abandoned car would be in the middle of the road to cause a driver to slow down or stop, resulting in a robbery. I was with my Dad for one bicycle incident and got to see him run his trailer tandems over 2 cars. These incidents all took place between '73-'76 when I was between the ages of 11 and 14. I was apathetic towards it because I was raised on Long Island and led to believe that this is what the south Bronx and other parts of the city were like. I didn't realise at the time how bad it actually was. Bear in mind that I was only there on and off during summer vacation fom school and on holidays. My Dad always had a story or two to share from the times I wasn't there. Btw, the kid I encountered in the truck, the that held up the boss, and the ones that threw the bottles were all roughly the same age as me.

One with a bed,bath and kitchenette. Here's another article I found. I thought I had postaed this already. http://www.overdriveonline.com/allis-chalmers-on-highway-engines-ted-streits-restoration-adventures/

The truck in my avatar had the extende bumper and a grill guard. This is a lousy phonecam shot, but it was really a beautiful tractor.

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You got that right! Thank God I make a lot of money.

When I hear the word town I think of a village. I've lived in several places on the Island including Port Jeff Sta, Selden, Mastic, and Shirley, but would never say Brookhaven when asked what town I lived in, although that would technically be the correct answer.

I came close to having a nervous breakdown the first time I went looking for it when I started at Shuster's. I had never seen that before, it looks as if your just pouring the fluid into the bottom of the door.

First time for me would've been in '74, the movie "Escape from New York" reminded me of what it was like then, probably pretty much the same in the early 80's. I agree on the location, maybe the pic was marked incorrectly. If NYC, it sure does look like S.I. or eastern Queens.

Higher profit margin on parts and a higher commision on the sale? Kudo's to Smithtown for the purchase. At first I thought that was a large purchase for them. I then remembered that in NY speak, town is short for township and a village is what others might refer to as a town. I've been away too long. I see there is a Mack and a KW dealer along the L.I.E. in Medford. I would've loved to see them as we drove by when I was a kid, had they been there at that time.

I can't think of a section of Hunt's Point that, in 1970, would have a building like the one in the background or where a scale would've been.

That looks rather "east coast". Do you know the carrier?

Had they discontiued using the gold dog on the purebreds? I thought the reason they were less common these days because most customers were using outside vendors for transmissons and rears. My company has Visions and Pinnacles from the years '07-'12 but use Fuller trans so no gold dogs in that house. Either way, it's always good to see one, let alone 6 together.

Thanks for bringing me up to speed and also for stepping up to the plate to keep the forum going.

I'm gonna go with Woodstock.

I've been regular since the day I painted Obama's face on the inside of my commode. On a separate note, wasn't Barry from Watt's one of the most frequent contributors at one time?

For 3 days? That's gonna be a helluva fuel bill! As the father of 2 girls, I've heard some of lame excuses over the years as to why they did or didn't do something. It's refreshing to hear one that is not only believable, but also admirable. It is my pleasure to forgive your tardiness.

There's an 8 hour and 18 minute period that has earned me the right to call you an Old Fart. So, what's it like at that age?

Be sure to remove the jar from the mantle before doing so. She took them once and can take them again. Is this the type of jar you use?

Nice catch on the trucks and the painted ad on the side of the building, that's classic americana right there. Quite a few of those ads are now hidden (and in effect, being preserved) behind the walls of adjacent bulidings that were built after the signs were painted, waiting to be discovered by future generations in cities and towns everywhere,

Happy 50th. I didn't see that you replied here, so I commented on your birthday gift thread. The nearest Coldstone to me is 45 minutes, but one of the 5 businesses in my little town is a Dairy Queen. I got by with that.

Very cool present indeed! Happy 50th! BTW, what time of day were you born on that fateful Thursday in 1962?