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I have GOT to get one of these!
IN all seriousness, that's a pretty awesome conversion - a LOT of work went into that - more than simply painting a cargo van and modifying the front end (yes I have thought of that before LOL).
I wonder what it actually rides on, it is hidden very well. You can see the semblance of a reworked truck grille but I don't recognize it.
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 Posted - December 31 2007 : 12:04:08 AM
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Looks like a UPS delivery van!
-G
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Posted - December 31 2007 : 05:21:34 AM
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| That is cool!! The chassis looks like a FreightLiner as that is the only style of grill used on their trucks. Peterbuilt-Mack-Ford/Sterling-KW's-and Internationals have different grilles and none like the one on the SF pictured. The Freightliner plant in Mt. Holly NC was right across the hwy from my elementary school i attended-so i was used to seeing the trucks daily and that grill. The chassis could be from a box truck or school bus. G-I-C--was this a parade you went to??
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Posted - January 01 2008 : 10:55:06 PM
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Hmm, would Frieghtliner make something that small though? One of their class 5 chassis would work but then the whole cab is tossable.
At first I thought they added a shell to a dually chassis, but the more I look at it the more I'm thinking a modified box van (like UPS) would make sense.
And yes, back in the day I DID INDEED go to that parade a few times, but of course the streetable F wasn't there. I haven't been to it in probably close to 20 years. It used to run a route along 67th Street in the Marquette Park area of the SW side of Chicago... and somehow the buildings and lamppost swag make me think it still does :)
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Posted - January 02 2008 : 10:05:34 AM
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It's really interesting. It reminds me of the Marx 027 F3.
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Posted - February 12 2008 : 2:19:14 PM
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Stumbled across this today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7i7SLdRV4
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| For some reason anytime GIC includes a picture, all I get is a red X in a box? Any help?
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Posted - February 13 2008 : 10:40:15 AM
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| I am also unable to see the photo!! I tried to reload, but no help.
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Posted - February 13 2008 : 6:00:53 PM
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| None of his pictures are showing up on my screen either
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Posted - February 13 2008 : 6:33:47 PM
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Hey Guys:
GIC has keft the forum and his pictures are not working because the site he was using to host the pictures has been rearranged,
Nothing is forever! [V] [V] [V] He'll be missed.
-Gareth
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Posted - February 13 2008 : 9:19:41 PM
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That's why I like to upload photos directly to the forum. But that's just my preference.
The photo That GIC posted was (I believe) of the same vehicle.
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Posted - February 14 2008 : 12:54:16 PM
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Gareth, good explanation :) You said it well.
Ray, exactly to preference. Some folks like control over the photos they used be it original photography or even something they grabbed from a news article so not to hotlink (won't even go into copyrights there). Most forums won't even allow you to "host" them on the forum like it is done here, so that's a pretty neat feature.
~anna
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