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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...5&d=1391922160

Here's that thing in its glory
(Stolen from another thread posted by KQQL IT

The years have not been kind

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Some modernization to the old beast !

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Feel free to to use any I post.
I usually try to give credit to whomever/wherever I got the pic.

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That thing looked pretty nice back in its day.

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My 59' Chevy Spartan 100

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Spartan 100-------Don't remember hearing of that model gas job. I have an MH 90 diesel. Seems like the model designations are all over the map .

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Yeah I've only seen a couple others on the net and both were old fire trucks. I haven't found much on the Spartan designation either, other than it is a heavy duty truck!

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I had at one time (and wish I hadn't gotten rid of it) a 59 Chevy Spartan 10400. Had a factory 348/5 speed/ 2 speed rear combo.

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Dan, from '59 and back I just can't figure it out, lol !

Bill

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Very low production model, not many around. I believe 1958 was the first year for Budd 10 hole (standard pattern) wheels on Chevy's.

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So was the spartan 100 the next size up from a 90? Like 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100? The largest I've seen is a 90

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There was a re alignment of model series starting in 1960, so the 100 does not mean it is in the same GVW class as the 90 series in the 60's. 1959 GVW for 2 axle 100 series was 25,000lbs, GVW for 3 axle 100 series was 36,000lbs

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That just verifies the confusion ................35000GVW is pretty normal with 2 axles..........12000 front and 23000 rear. Some of the early gas tandems had a very low rated tandem.

Then, north of the border the model designations are reversed from ours . I'll have to dig out some Canadian spec sheets to verify ..

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5292/...2d5d7431_b.jpg

Neat pair. The White works still

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Very nice pair of ole pushers. That White is a pretty heavy one

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that old pete is awesome!

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Love those early Pete's.

Would the one on the right be considered a "Needle Nose"?

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great googly moogley that's a big freaking truck :D

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pi.../oct23/010.jpg

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it is a white, does it count as a heavy hauler?
the guy drove it 10 miles on the road to get to a cruise in
used by the Israeli army until the mid 90s

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...803122051a.jpg

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As I've always known them. The one in the middle is a 72 last of the little window windshield.
My personal fave wide hood little window.

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https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2933/...fdebf790_b.jpg

444 feeling small

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Now those Toyotas are "Right off the boat"!!!, Or going on???

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Today they drive the cars down ramps off the ships, but as late as the '70's I remember them being loaded off by a crane, 1 by 1 on a platform. They told me that one day they dropped one.

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Actually used personal vehicles from Hawaii. So fresh off the boat I guess.