So when I first joined, I promised some pics of my dad's former rides. I was born in 1981, so I wasn't around for all of them, but have heard plenty of stories. There have been several more since these rigs but I can't find the photo albums at the moment.
1974 Trailduster 318
Dad said he bought this in 1975 from the local Ford dealer. It was shortly before his labor union went on strike, and the credit union wasn't too kind on giving him a loan with a strike looming in the not too distant future. He told them he needed this truck so he would have a place to sleep on the picket line. Him and a few coworkers even made the front page of the local newspaper sitting on the tailgate during the strike.
Here it is in "The Great Blizzard of '78". I can't recall the exact amount of snow that fell, as everybody has conflicting numbers, but it was a helluva lot. This is when he still lived inside city limits, and tried to go out for some groceries. He said it took him 2.5 hours to make it a 1/2 mile.