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minus-square@someguy3link2•1 year agoIf you mean pickup trucks they have massively increased in size and weight. If you mean tractor trailers there’s little stopping that.
minus-square@jordanlundlink1•1 year agoI mean, my grand dad’s GMC from the 70s wasn’t SIGNIFICANTLY different from your F-150s today. This looks about right… bench seats, no seatbelts, ashtray… yee haw! https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/7277-cha/1972-gmc-c1500-sierra-super-custom
minus-square@jordanlundlink2•1 year ago209-244″ L x 80-87″ W x 75-80″ H Compared with the '72 GMC 207.75" L x 79" W x 70" H? https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=564311
minus-square@someguy3link2•edit-21 year ago2-3 feet longer, 8" wider (the hardest one to change and they still did it), and nearly a foot taller. Thank you for proving my point. We can also add hood height has gone up.
If you mean pickup trucks they have massively increased in size and weight.
If you mean tractor trailers there’s little stopping that.
I mean, my grand dad’s GMC from the 70s wasn’t SIGNIFICANTLY different from your F-150s today.
This looks about right… bench seats, no seatbelts, ashtray… yee haw!
https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/7277-cha/1972-gmc-c1500-sierra-super-custom
Have you seen the size of F150s today?
209-244″ L x 80-87″ W x 75-80″ H
Compared with the '72 GMC
207.75" L x 79" W x 70" H?
https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=564311
2-3 feet longer, 8" wider (the hardest one to change and they still did it), and nearly a foot taller. Thank you for proving my point. We can also add hood height has gone up.