Those bottle(wind-up) Jacks found in these truck are
Not User Friendly
State of the art for 1950's
You unfold the handle ( sometime can be a Pinch)
the handle has a snap mechanisms in the middle to hold the jack handle straight while turning.
This action take coordination to turn While holding the handle straight to operate the jack.....
What ends up happening if you loose patience because the jack slowly raises the handle unsnaps and folds sometime pinching fingers
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That and the fact the Jack is held in place by a spring
just getting the jack out of it's holder can be a trying experience
and should be practice often if wanting to use
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Why Most Daily drivers of these truck op for a Hydraulic jack
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Now I don't want to rain on your parade
I feel I must rip the band-aid off....
Although you fallen hard for a Turquoise 1959 Apache....
These truck did not have Power steering,Power brakes
and Nonclapsable steering column
(nicknamed The Impaller's)
nor did they come from the factory with seat belts.(manditory 1964)
or padded dash
even the windshield wipers were very iffy.
Starting in 1955 through 1963 these trucks were affectionately called
" Knee knockers"
Because of the rap around windshield
if the cab/front fenders are compromised the doors will be pinched and non operable stuck.
When they made these truck designers were not thinking about
safety or comfort
at least not at highway speeds
they were made as utility truck to be worked
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Knowing what we know today about safety
would we let any love ones ride in our Era truck.....NO
Do I own truck's YES.! (59,63,)
Do I feel safe in them No.!
Will I stop driving them ..No.!
.............For the love of the beast.!
If I were to leave you fine fokes
doing what I love there would be no better way to go.!
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