U Guys in the PDX/VAN area might like this pic from 1919 (speaking of C cab trucks)

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial Davis of Veneta, Oregon on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:09 am:

I still do business with this truck line, now known as "USF Reddaway". These guys go all over the country now.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Christopher Lang - Brentwood Bay, BC on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:15 am:

They drive by night!

Boy, that would be a chilly damp job in the wet winter.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Berch on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:26 am:

I got the pun Chris. That may even be the same brand of truck used in that movie. :-)

Thanks for the photo Dan.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial Davis of Veneta, Oregon on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:29 am:

You bet John...but I have to admit my ignorance on the reference, Chris...grin..


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Christopher Lang - Brentwood Bay, BC on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:39 am:

Its a great movie. Lots of good looking trucks, and women.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Drive_by_Night


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Berch on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:44 am:

Daniel, It was an old Humphrey Bogart truck driver movie titled "They drive by night", as Chris Cleverly slipped into his post.

This was their truck.

:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial Davis of Veneta, Oregon on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:46 am:

Ah, Cool! I'll definitely have to see if this one is available somewhere. I checked the Internet Archive but all they have is the UK movie by the same name (but different movie).


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Boothroyd on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:57 am:

I saw this movie quite some time ago on TCM.
Great movie; wasn't George Raft in it too?

Regards,

Steve Boothroyd


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Berch on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:57 am:

It was a good movie. If you can find it, it's worth a watch if you like old trucks.

I was mistaken on the truck brand. I was going from memory and that can be bad in my case.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Berch on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 01:00 am:

He actually had top Billing. At that time I guess he was a bigger draw than Bogart.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Floyd Voie - Chehalis, Washington on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 01:19 am:

Danial,
Thanks for the picture!
I like the old gas pump in the left foreground, also.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Townsend ; ^ ) Gresham, Orygun on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 02:03 am:

Back when I was a kid in college in Seattle I knew a girl who was the daughter of the then head of Reddaway. I think his name was Don. Anyway, we got to talking about interests and I was working on my American LaFrance fire engine back then. She said that her dad did some work on an old fire engine. It turns out he had worked on my rig and he had some orignal parts from it!

Small World.

I don't remember her name... but I do remember her dad!

I still think of him whenever I see a Reddaway truck going down the road.

: ^ )


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