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It does look stretched but I don't think it is. Comparing it with pictures of others, I see no places where the proportions or the louvers, etc. are different. I think it's just the visual effect of the lowering making it look proportionally longer. I think I mentioned before that I drove one of these (a '66) back in the late 60's for work, and it had a very large flat space in the bed, 9 feet long, as I recall, and was rated for a full ton. The lockable space underneath was a nice touch but it wasn't very well sealed, and leaked.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a later (post 68) model of one of these still. But the pre-68 with the swing axle was just about the nastiest, most jouncy, bad-handling, uncomfortable vehicles imaginable.
thanks! I do remember you telling me about that!
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