We cooked many meals on the exhaust manifolds of the 2 1/2 and 5 ton trucks when I was stationed in Germany, darn winters were cold so hot food was great, even c-rations. After we were done eating we would fill the empty cans with snow and the throw them across the border fence at the Chech guards on the other side…

A pickup driving around with half dozen or more people in the back is a common sight here in Texas, the police ignore them. Instead the police will wait at the exit at walmart looking for seatbelt violations. You also see alot of flat bed trucks with stuff just laying on the deck with no straps or ropes securing…

When I got home from Vietnam in 71 I pulled my 41 International pu out of storage and went down to the local International dealer to get tuneup parts, when I asked for a carb overhaul kit for a single barrel updraft the parts guy asked what an updraft was. When I explained that the carb mounted under the manifold he…