Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!

[ultrarunner]

I watched to much fall guy as a kid or something I've Always liked the looks of Chevy and GMC trucks from the mid to late 70s. Stepside for a 4x4 show truck is a bonus.

Im still partial to mine… 91 stepside with 350 hi output…

The A/C compressor went out but otherwise no problem with my long trailer hauls.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I wish they would do a gas version of Jeff Bezos truck. By that I mean you can choose every single option one by one and make it as basic as you want... mine would be heater, 4x4 and a stereo.

 

[lman]

I remember cooking in a 78 chev pickup with no a/c and using the window vents to get some air. I like my a/c.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I remember cooking in a 78 chev pickup with no a/c and using the window vents to get some air. I like my a/c.

If I would live in the city I would get one for sure but where I live I can easily get by without one.

 

[WinterDeere]

Never seen a rusted out car I’m 15 minutes from salt water… maybe the legend of California cars is more than legend?

It may be due to the fact that the salinity of the Pacific is so much lower than the Atlantic? You know the old saying, "the Pacific coast may look better, but the Atlantic smells better."

I've spent a good chunk of my life living on an NJ barrier island, and can tell you that you'd be hard-pressed to find any vehicle, bicycle, or anything else made of metal on that coastline, that's not completely covered in rust within a year or three. It keeps the utility workers busy!

 

[jjeff]

I remember cooking in a 78 chev pickup with no a/c and using the window vents to get some air. I like my a/c.

Drove thru the Western deserts in my old Toyota p/u quite a few times no AC had a rear sliding window and I put a sunroof in it. All devices to allow air flow were open, still Felt like hot blow dryers were constantly blowing on me for a, thousand miles. Driving thru eastern California, arizona, nevada, Utah, and western Colorado.. Ac is a must these days. Except in my winter beaters lol. Non working ac on junkers really helps me find 4 cylinder 5 speeds and get them pretty cheap.

 

[ultrarunner]

It may be due to the fact that the salinity of the Pacific is so much lower than the Atlantic? You know the old saying, "the Pacific coast may look better, but the Atlantic smells better."

I've spent a good chunk of my life living on an NJ barrier island, and can tell you that you'd be hard-pressed to find any vehicle, bicycle, or anything else made of metal on that coastline, that's not completely covered in rust within a year or three. It keeps the utility workers busy!

It’s a foreign concept to West Coasters…

Is Florida similar or does the North rust up because of winters?

 

[ultrarunner]

I remember cooking in a 78 chev pickup with no a/c and using the window vents to get some air. I like my a/c.

When dad brought home a used 74 Chevrolet half ton with leaf springs and A/C we were living large compared the the 1970 Chevrolet with no A/C and rear coil springs.

The 74 was better in every way except it wouldn’t spin the tires like the 70 would…both 350 motors…

 

[jjeff]

It’s a foreign concept to West Coasters…

Is Florida similar or does the North rust up because of winters?

Florida is way more humid than Californias dry heat even near the Pacific I lived there almost five yrs parking my Toyota pick up for 6 or more moths at a time unused, uncovered, in the open near the Pacific no rust problems. Moved back up to the Midwest "rust belts" rust problems ensued rapidly.

 

[paulsharvey]

I wish they would do a gas version of Jeff Bezos truck. By that I mean you can choose every single option one by one and make it as basic as you want... mine would be heater, 4x4 and a stereo.

I really think the EV part makes tbe design cheaper; because they arent stuck designing around a transmission, engine, and drive shaft/diff. Couple drive motors, and a big ass battery.

When you really look at the Slate, its awful spartan for $25k; and i just dont see it being a better value than a Maverick. By the time you add even the most basic stuff too it, it's probably more money.

Here is a new, AWD, ecoboost Maverick, for $26,793, on the dealer lot in Ocala. Yes, its white, yes, steel wheels, but we do get AC, cruise control, cup holders, back up cameras, ect.

 

[paulsharvey]

It’s a foreign concept to West Coasters…

Is Florida similar or does the North rust up because of winters?

In Florida, its pool service trucks that are most often rusted away, but you also get artic refugees, some beach bum folks, commercial fisherman, and 1970s stuff that has a lot of rust. Other than that, anything newer than 1995, shouldn't have any rust. Sons 1993 nissian has some rust holes in the front of the bed, just cause it traps water and leaves

 

[lman]

Drove thru the Western deserts in my old Toyota p/u quite a few times no AC had a rear sliding window and I put a sunroof in it. All devices to allow air flow were open, still Felt like hot blow dryers were constantly blowing on me for a, thousand miles. Driving thru eastern California, arizona, nevada, and western Colorado.. Ac is a must these days. Except in my winter beaters lol. Non working ac on junkers really helps me find 4 cylinder 5 speeds and get them pretty cheap.

I don't remember if a sliding rear window was an option in the 78 Chev.

 

[WinterDeere]

It’s a foreign concept to West Coasters…

Is Florida similar or does the North rust up because of winters?

My mother owns a house in Florida, Naples on the Gulf coast, and at least land-based stuff doesn't rust nearly as badly down there as it does in NJ. I don't know if that's because they're on the Gulf instead of the Atlantic, or if it's due to the lack of winter weather, as you propose.

There's something to be said for Florida's daily rain storms that keep everything continually rinsed in fresh water, and for hot afternoon sun that keeps things like the inside of doors and fenders baked dry, versus the cold and damp NJ winters where things just stay damp for 6 months at a time.

 

[WinterDeere]

Florida is way more humid than Californias...

And NJ is more humid than Florida! Naples averages 75% - 77% throughout the year. Surf City NJ averages 75% - 83%.

 

[jjeff]

I don't remember if a sliding rear window was an option in the 78 Chev.

Talking about a 93 Toyota shortbox 22re 5 speed 4x4. Flip up sunroof was an aftermarket add on sliding rear window came with truck when I bought it. Driving In the desert it didn't help anyway.

 

[jjeff]

In Florida, its pool service trucks that are most often rusted away, but you also get artic refugees, some beach bum folks, commercial fisherman, and 1970s stuff that has a lot of rust. Other than that, anything newer than 1995, shouldn't have any rust. Sons 1993 nissian has some rust holes in the front of the bed, just cause it traps water and leaves

Learned the harder way plastic or rubber bedliners and the upper bedside plastic top caps will cause rust perforation unfortunately I didn't even notice until it was to late. Spray on bed liners I found to be the best. Can't say enough great things about my current spray on bed liner.

 

[jjeff]

My mother owns a house in Florida, Naples on the Gulf coast, and at least land-based stuff doesn't rust nearly as badly down there as it does in NJ. I don't know if that's because they're on the Gulf instead of the Atlantic, or if it's due to the lack of winter weather, as you propose.

There's something to be said for Florida's daily rain storms that keep everything continually rinsed in fresh water, and for hot afternoon sun that keeps things like the inside of doors and fenders baked dry, versus the cold and damp NJ winters where things just stay damp for 6 months at a time.

Does nj use road salt? I think that's the biggest rust cause.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I really think the EV part makes tbe design cheaper; because they arent stuck designing around a transmission, engine, and drive shaft/diff. Couple drive motors, and a big ass battery.

When you really look at the Slate, its awful spartan for $25k; and i just dont see it being a better value than a Maverick. By the time you add even the most basic stuff too it, it's probably more money.

Here is a new, AWD, ecoboost Maverick, for $26,793, on the dealer lot in Ocala. Yes, its white, yes, steel wheels, but we do get AC, cruise control, cup holders, back up cameras, ect.

Your perhaps right but batteries are not cheep by any means... I still love the concept of individual options something compagnies have steered off within the last decade or so. Its fine to have them as bundles (even that is not so much of a thing anymore) as a discount but give the individual options.

 

[WinterDeere]

Does nj use road salt? I think that's the biggest rust cause.

Probably, and you're right that certainly wouldn't help. I'm not down there in winter to see if they use road salt, and that's certainly not the reason our bicycles or boat trailers rust so radpidly down there while sitting unused.

The salt is so thick in the air on those islands, that your car's windshield is like looking thru a glazed donut, until you re-clean it each day.

Come to think of it, the salt is so thick on everything down there, they may not need road salt!

 

[ultrarunner]

Learned the harder way plastic or rubber bedliners and the upper bedside plastic top caps will cause rust perforation unfortunately I didn't even notice until it was to late. Spray on bed liners I found to be the best. Can't say enough great things about my current spray on bed liner.

I’ve always used thick rubber liner and under the liner the metal and paint remain pristine…