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Lost Cypress forest, some of the trees are 1500 years old....see...I do want some trees left standing.

This is my Wife's maternal Grandfather. He made crankshafts for ships. He would have been 114 yers old this week.

Not my work either but gorgeous. I know this is an automotive forum, but I am passionate about a lot of things, including furniture, inerior design, and woodworking. Interior view.... Again, NOT my work, NOT taking credit for someone elses work. Built by Drew Nelson. Major chops!

'91 GMC brochure : '91 Cyclone brochure. Looks like the longer, but I'm sure it's the shorter 6'1" bed. Here's mag quotes about the Cyclone (cherry-picked by GMC) :

Isnt Rivian the start-up that sold us off on their SUVs as lifestyle? This is off their website on the truck side. The SUV has its own lifestyle motto... https://rivian.com/r1t Remember when the GMC Syclone came out? The then automotive journalist's DID slam it by saying it was not a workable truck. Bed too small. Too low to the ground with absolutely no hauling capabilities. Well...I remember those arguments quite well too and this is why I will defend my rant on top... But lets be fair about it...the photo ops are all about lifestyle...nothing about Home Depot runs... And a couple of others with the R1T going offroad. Which reminds me of another SUV truck thing that also has a bed. No bitichin' about this one's bed though.

I just thought the image looked good, yes I know Balthy doesn't like colorized pics....but the boys and th car...priceless...

Cake my boss baked....lots of random in my random thoughts this morning.

That’s the problem here. He did not specify full size trucks when he said “4.5 or 5.5 ft” (and it was pretty obvious that was an estimated number to begin with because how much difference is there really between 4.5 and 5 ft) beds. That was aimed at all trucks, not just full size. Everyone knows that there isn’t a full size with a 4.5ft bed but there a bunch with 5.5ft beds. I’d like to add that after 12 years in Arizona and a state second only to Texas in terms of the percentage of vehicles that are pick ups there, I can honestly say that they are VASTLY underused because most fools there are more concerned with lifting them, chroming them out, and squatting them, to do any REAL work with them. Fact.

How did I miss this? It again reinforces the notion of what it's like to deal with the "don't know how much they don't know" crowd.

Random wood turning pic for Sunday, Not mine.

Was very touched by this.....how all who serve should be treated...

Please welcome your new Motorsports moderator: JamesBond. JB already serves on the Admin team, but he will be paying closer attention to the Cadillac and Motorsports forums now as their Moderator.

OK, Time to start posting about what you have seen for the Month of March on the Road!

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Correct, Rivian is 4 1/2 ft, Hummer is 5 ft, the point was it was an integrated bed, but 5ft long. Rivian has stated they can build longer beds. Ford EV Concept F-150 truck had a 6ft bed, but for the skateboard platform they will be using has stated it will also be an integrated bed of various lengths to support the wide needs of the market. I would also expect gm in building their full size and probably a mid size ev truck will have also integrated beds of various lengths.

Don't know how old this sign is- Ford claims trucks sales leadership since '48, but this screams '60s to me. Another sign- both from a small-town, closed-down Chevy dealer auction within the last 10 years :

Would love to read a link, because I HIGHLY doubt it; it had a 6' bed. Of course it was a limited volume performance truck (2998 built), and there were loads of 7'4" beds in the line, too. - - - - - RE the Hummer, I see that now. It looks so massive, I never really thought about it. Reports are saying 'about 5', which is 8" short of other GMC short beds, and a half foot longer than the Rivian super-short bed. I think Hummer should've at least matched the 5'8"box...

Clearly an Alpha Male, from an actual fashion show...

^ Remember this post every time some article whines that a Cadillac trunk is smaller than Bimmer's. Seriously, all the Gladiator pics with some sort of 2-wheeled contrivance in the bed show it either a. with the front wheel removed, b. with the tailgate down and the rear tire to the tip of the 'gate, or c. a Bizzaro World rack that hoists said 2-wheeler completely above the top of the bed. Seems a canoe, a pair of dirt bikes, a pair of motorcycles, a snowmobile, a jet ski.... I dunno; all sorts of 'targeted lifestyle devices' are being called into play by Rivian for a box barely longer than 4-feet. As for the integral body/bed, seems reasonable that an extra foot of length would be more than handled by a truck-specific, battery skateboard structure.

My parody videos were making fun of such a statement. I understand lumber may not fit in the back of a 4 and half foot bed...but how many Home Depot runs to extend their backyard decks do Average Joe pick-up drivers do anyway? How many Americans are constructing their own decks? DIYers still exist in America? If you tell me yes...I will be in shock! Yes they exist. But I have a sneaky suspicion that Rivians are not on these peoples radar even if Rivian offered a Ferd F Teenthousand version to haul bales of horses... What is it that AVERAGE Americans 'may need' to haul that is longer than 4 and a half feet on a regular basis? Even for just ONE time???!!! This reminds me of my Greek from Greece upbringing (and I know Italians do this too) that my mom had two sets of dishes. The everyday shyt dishes we ate in...everyday... and the fine china Daulton Old Country Roses ones we had. That we NEVER brought out but we had JUST for that ONE special occasion...that NEVER came. I guess the Queen of England never had a REAL interest of visiting our home. *SIGH* That the Queen never knew of my existence... In the end, my mom got fed up of waiting for royalty to come and we started eating from them. Yeah...I guess its nice to have JUST for that one BLOODY time one may need it... But it seems to be a very silly way of purchasing shyt if you ask me. Ive ONLY owned cars in my life. And being of age where cars were downsized, so far in my life, I havent really had the necessity for a 4 and a half foot bed pick up truck let alone a 12 foot one... OK...THAT would be a lie. TWO lies. Ive owned a 2007 Ford Edge that made moving from one house to another flawlessly. And when my mom passed away and I had to sell her house and move her shyt I had a need for a larger vehicle. I RENTED A FULLSIZED VAN for the day... No biggie! No problem either as LIVING IN NORTH AMERICA...CONSUMERISM not ONLY makes it possible to OWN ANYTHING we want...including 12 foot bed pick-up trucks just in case we need it for that once in a lifetime event, but in a FREE MARKET SYSTEM...BUSINESS OPPORTUNITES for PROFIT makes it possible for business savvy folk to offer products and services to me and an REASONABLE price just with a phone call or phone app so I wont be saddled with too much vehicle for everyday daily driving duties...and I coould just rent a truck for 50-100 bucks plus gas...for the day. Obviously if Rivian wants to break into the U-HAUL it for yourself business in offering bigger beds to those folk who actually need big beds for their trucks, then they need to do that. But I also would imagine that aint really targeting those folk either. They are targeting the posers. I would worry more about brand loyalty in those truck posers rather than how big the beds really are if I was Rivian. THAT would be more of a challenge. The ones that are die hard Chebby guys and die hard Ferd guys and douche bad rolling coal Dodge guys... Which brings me to the other thing. These guys are probably V8 guys thriough and through with the occasional Turbo Diesel Cummins V6 guys... A battery electric pick up truck is NOT on their radar. Therefore it dont matter... A 4 and half foot bed is just more reasons for them to laugh at a Rivian truck. A truck they'd NEVER buy anyway...

'50-52. '48-49 still had separate rear fenders, and '53 had the huge(r) Dagmers out front.

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Fed Ex is not an individual, but a giant corporation. And giant corporations weigh fleet purchases differently than individual, such as the long-term viability of the company they're sourcing from, to insure a contract is filled and support/parts will be there long down the road. A fly-by-night Chinese EV startup is not going to rise to the top of that class in consideration. Meanwhile, "the best" doesn't always sell the best, does it? That's why every single vehicle segment has more than 1 product in it. And zero segments have a Chinese EV startup at their top.

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For shame....i rarely watch TV today, but loved this as a kid... That Chevy is gorgeous. I can't count any higher than two.... Probably better in the Beautiful cars thread but posting it here....so much Damn potential. https://youtu.be/Ox3pgAqk-Y8 Youtube does not allow video to be embeded, 53 Buick Content... Teeny Tucker, and the Blues for Sunday morning....she has a set of pipes on her...

Floppers. - - - - -

MUCH better than those overpriced, hard-to-get-parts for Mercedes vans that start rusting out in 7 years.

@smk4565 @balthazar Your Answer is here: FedEx Electrifies Delivery and Package Movement with BrightDrop Products - Automotive Industry - Cheers and Gears

I like the symmetry here, David.

Q: What's the first thing a sorority girl does in the morning? A: She goes home.

Somehow...that very same song in the Joke's thread seems very appropriate here too!

Here to help you with your counting!

The Count... Count (Dracula). Well...he counts stuff. Anything and everything. To help kids learn their numbers. The original song. But I bet you thought of another word, right? Funny AF (as fuc BLEEP) But with what is going on in today's political fake news world and ultra sensitive offended culture we are cultivating... Scary AF!

Speaking of Sesame Street. THIS is why censorship is NOT a good idea. And the way we politicize and weaponize words nowadays for our own hidden agendas, the truth just gets eroded away until there is no more truth... This video was done with humour when the dude done it a decade plus ago. But in 2021, its scary... I laughed hard, but then I thought about it...and Im legit worried about what our future holds if we dont smarten up...

It’s a boring cold late winters day. Spotted an Uplander panel van still at work. Haven’t seen one of these in ages.

This year, I have seen a growing increase in lifted 4x4 Mercedes Sprinter vans. The latest had a nice mountain scene on the glass that was parked just a couple spaces away from me at the mountain for skiing. My only worry is them tipping over on me on the highway when a gust of wind comes along.

Shiver me timbers matey! I thought it was a 5 foot bed or something. Maybe I was picturing it shorter back there because of its Typhoon (Blazer) cousin.

Its kinda sad...for his family. He the phoquer, if he drank and drove his car and killed his family...he deserved a life of hell a lot WORSE than just living in a garbage can, in a street called Sesame. Sesame is not a place for such a monster. A place full of innocent, adorable children learning ABCs and 123s.