Thread: dont knnow if you guys have seen this,fate of 50's trucks from Old Navy

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Fate of Old Navy Chevies Uncertain

By Jen

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Rumors are swirling around the early-50's Chevy pickup trucks that have long been a conspicuous fixture in Old Navy clothing store displays. The trucks, used by the stores to pile clothes on, are mostly shells without engines or transmissions, though sheetmetal, glass, chrome, and suspension are generally intact. The body of an Old Navy truck can range anywhere from quick-painted bondo basketcase to solid original. At least some of the trucks have been butchered, the frame cut in half and then bolted back together once inside the store. Word on The H.A.M.B. is that Old Navy will be phasing the out these trucks, possibly up to a thousand, and no one seems to know for sure what will happen to them. Old Navy corporate headquarters has been elusive and contradictory on the subject, raising fears that the Chevies are destined for the crusher due to corporate liability issues. The most frequently-heard claim is that the trucks will be shipped back to their original supplier, the Alan Brasington Network in New York City, which has so far been unavailable for comment on the matter. In the meantime, there's evidence that the trucks are being sold privately, with one appearing in a dealer showroom in Kansas City and a few others being sighted on car-haulers in various parts of the country. What will happen to the remainder of these beautiful hulks? Here's hoping that they don't simply become another example of arrogant corporate misuse of vintage iron.

Probably, other companies will pick them up. Bass pro shops also uses them for cloathing racks. It would actually be cool to cut out the rear of 1 a '50-'54 Cab, hang it on the hacked up frame, w/ front fenders/ tires, still in tact, cut a apropriate size hole in your dining room wall, and build the truck into the wall, create a breakfast nook, with the cab being a bay window basicly.

My vote goes to crushing them, too dang many old chebbies around now!!!!!

Hey Dave, maybe you should buy 'em all up and put Ford engines in 'em!

blasphemy...

Maybe this is what we should do with them...


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Originally Posted by RestoRod

Hey Dave, maybe you should buy 'em all up and put Ford engines in 'em!

Now there's a plan!!!!!

Originally Posted by treekiller

blasphemy...

Not in my neighborhood!!!!!

If theres one thousand of em ,...it looks like 1,000 oppertunities for aftermarkett parts vendors..,painters...,...engine builders,...tire companies,.......auto fabricators,.....and young kids to get a chance at some good iron,plus they would make a nice home for BBF engines

Originally Posted by shawnlee28

they would make a nice home for BBF engines

That ought to hold the value down

Originally Posted by Corvette64

That ought to hold the value down

Yup, probably....But it also lower the ET!!!!!

This would have to be my personal favorite of the BBF's!!!! 815CI Hemi

Windshield may heat up a little in this configuration ,but it will still work....

A low ET in a pickup is an oxymoron-moron

Originally Posted by Corvette64

A low ET in a pickup is an oxymoron-moron

Guess you don't follow racing to closely...Pickups do go fast when set up right. Also, just cuz you have a Vette and I prefer Fords doesn't make me a moron. I got smart and gave up on GM's plastic fantastic 25 years ago.....

Danny White came up with these numbers:

THE DRAG RACING LIST'S TOP TEN PICKUP LIST

1 6.395 @ 214.38 Glen May '99 Ranger/526" Ford

2 6.575 @ 210.50 Freddie Fagerstrom '65 Chevy/570" Chevy

3 6.607 @ 209.69 Butch Lee '97 Chevy/526" Pontiac

4 6.648 @ 210.21 Dale Lee '90 Chevy/526" Pontiac

5 6.655 @ 209.50 Glen Kerunsky '99 S-10/706" Pontiac

6 6.705 @ 209.50 Bob Mungle '90 Chevy/526" Pontiac

7 6.706 @ 208.46 Bob Rieger '99 S-10/388" Chevy

8 6.830 @ 205.50 Joe Delehay '72 Chevy/632" Chevy

9 7.000 @ 199.15 Chuck Samuel '99 S-10/445" Chevy

10 7.022 @ 205.29 Corky Markwart '99 Dakota/648" Pontiac

Danny White

and yes, that is a Ford leading the list!!!!!

I suppose that '64 can beat them all, huh????

I guess the big cry baby can't take a joke? Wahhhhh poor Davey. Like we didn't know you like a ford....We've only heard about it 9900 of you 10000 posts. Why don't you try a little humility. Obnoxious bandwidth hogging jerk.