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Remembering Roadway Cabovers as a kid..

Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by ajsmith184, Nov 17, 2011.

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  1. Nov 17, 2011 #1
    ajsmith184

    ajsmith184 Light Load Member

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    I am only in my late 20s, but rememeber the yellow Roadway cab over trucks that seemed to be driving all over around SE Michigan..It just kinda hit me today, I haven't seen one since I was young...What kind were these? Never remember seeing another one like it......Anybody here drive one? I seem to remember they were old Fords...But I am probably wrong..
     
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  3. Nov 17, 2011 #2
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    [​IMG]


    I worked at Roadway in the late 90s and we had a few of these still laying around.
     
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  4. Nov 17, 2011 #3
    Stoney

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    Hell, I was with Big R from 02 to 05. When I left, they were still driving those cabovers.


    Conservative to the Bone.
     
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  5. Nov 17, 2011 #4
    Dna Mach

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    Those were the old Ford C-Series

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_C-Series

    They were built until 1990. Good example of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

    I used to see them driving around Dallas until probably 3 or 4 years ago as city p&d trucks.
     
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  7. Nov 17, 2011 #5
    slim shady

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    Ya I drove one 1966 or 67 model year back in the early 80s
     
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  8. Nov 17, 2011 #6
    ajsmith184

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    Yeah thats it..I have seen those as straight trucks...Theirs were the only combination C series I ever saw...Maybe I was just to young to notice or care...Just interesting..Still think of those trucks everytime I see the Roadway name
     
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  9. Nov 17, 2011 #7
    7122894003481

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    There was a guy on here a few months ago that took a bunch of pictures of one of these beasts. Ill see if I can find them.
     
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  10. Nov 17, 2011 #8
    Dna Mach

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    I'd love to see those. I've actually never seen the inside of one or really up close for that matter.
     
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  11. Nov 17, 2011 #9
    7122894003481

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    I texted the guy that posted the pictures and he sent them to me on Facebook:

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  12. Nov 18, 2011 #10
    ajsmith184

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    Wow, thats cool..Looks like a rough ride!
     
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