westcoaster

Burning up harddrive space...<br>In case you ever wondered what the &quot;old&quot; dodge power wagons were called upon to do...

Ruadh

I've got a good question for ya...<br>Why do they call them gin pools?<br>Ruadh

Dieseldude4x4

I want one of those real bad. I have loved those trucks ever since I first saw one years ago.

NWDave

Thanks for the memory reawakening. Had an Uncle who owned one similar, but in red. I was knee high to a gnat when I learned the phrase &quot;bat out of h-e-ll&quot; from him while descending an ol' logging road with a heavy load of firewood in the back. He took that rig everywhere, mostly where roads didn't exist. One of your true off-roaders.<br><br>~Dave

westcoaster

the nice ones arn't cheap... $17500. for this one only 4000 mi on odo 1953 power wagon ex fire dept. Some of the VERY nice restorations have gone for much more. There was a 1970 power wagon the guy was asking $30000 some dollars for.<br><br>I have no idea why they are called gin poles there is a bit of a debate as to whether they are gin poles on the front of the power wagon or an A frame.

westcoaster

On the other end of the scale This one can be had for 1800 some dollars...

Ruadh

[quote author=westcoaster link=board=10;threadid=14047;start=0#132191 date=1051374610]<br>the nice ones arn't cheap... $17500. for this one only 4000 mi on odo 1953 power wagon ex fire dept. Some of the VERY nice restorations have gone for much more. There was a 1970 power wagon the guy was asking $30000 some dollars for.<br><br>I have no idea why they are called gin poles there is a bit of a debate as to whether they are gin poles on the front of the power wagon or an A frame.<br>[/quote]<br>Ya, you're right. Gin polls fold into the sides of the deck. That's an A frame. But it is one of lifes little questions.<br>Ruadh

Mexstan

A gin pole for me is a single pole, but have no idea where the word originated.<br>Makes me nostalgic. Can any of you 'old timers' out there remember the vacuum operated windshield wipers that quit on a long hill. In heavy rain if you wanted to see out you had to momentarily take your foot off the gas pedal so that the wipers could take a few swipes. Or back of a little and the wipers would come to life but be very slow.<br>

Dieseldude4x4

Vacuum operated wipers, ah those were the days. Simple, reliable, and a manual over ride for those long steep climbs up the hills hoping the old girl don't get vapor lock while double clutching the non-synchronized gear box and hoping the vacuum assisted two speed will shift right, beating on the dash to get the heater motor to start again, asking for steering assistance from your co-driver to turn the non-power assisted three foot diameter steering wheel, and standing on the non-power assisted brakes with both feet while pulling against the steering wheel while going down the other side in Georgia overdrive. Whatever happened to simplicity?

And then there's the old B 61 shifting with one arm through the steering wheel on the main and the other on the aux splitter.

And then there's the old, ah, you get the picture. Gee, hope I haven't given away my age here.

Think I'll put some on my 99 truck.

geer

What a great picture.

sherod

DD4x4, how many folks could still drive like that I wonder. Most folks I work around can not split shift an Eaton too well. Double clutch to them means you must have an extra pedal. Oh well, its fun watching them. <br>Ed

Outrider

Do you remember when Thunderbirds had wipers run by power steering pumps?When the Model T ran better downhill backwards?Now I feel old ;D

Dieseldude4x4

[quote author=sherod link=board=10;threadid=14047;start=0#132394 date=1051440668]<br>DD4x4, how many folks could still drive like that I wonder. Most folks I work around can not split shift an Eaton too well. Double clutch to them means you must have an extra pedal. Oh well, its fun watching them. <br>Ed<br>[/quote]<br><br>I think probably not many at all. Isn't technology great?<br>I learned to drive in a 49 Studebaker dump truck.

pwabbott

I remember Dad's 28 Chebby. Seems like it was a weekly project, fixing the vaccum operated fuel pump. Traded the Chebby in on a 31 Dodge Brothers 4 dr sedan with a flat head six. A gas saving **** on the dash, &quot;free-wheeling&quot;, pull the **** and it would disengage the tranny for coasting down hill. Also the simplified speed control, a pull out hand throttle which you could set, but not forget. And then there were the hydraulic brakes, innovative, Ferd coundn't firure that one out till 36.

Commatoze

[quote author=Mexstan link=board=10;threadid=14047;start=0#132218 date=1051379101]
A gin pole for me is a single pole, but have no idea where the word originated.............
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Oh...Oh....Sister...Sister....ask me!...ask me! (hand raised waving wildly)

OK, &quot;gin&quot; is the aphetic, or shortened form of the word &quot;engin&quot; from the Latin word &quot;ingenium&quot; It's origins are from Old French (900-1400) and Middle English (1100-1500) languages meaning device or contrivance. Hence the word &quot;cotten gin&quot;.

&quot;Thomas, you get an A!&quot;