I started out in an old P600. Old wooden bulkhead door,choke on the dash, and micro-brake. One of the top seniority drivers wanted a bigger car so the center manager gave him mine and I got a old 1960's P400. Old wooden bulkhead door,choke on the dash. Used to put a piece of cardboard behind the front grill to try to get the engine warm enough in the winter to get heat. And then you used to stuff newspaper in the holes in the floor around the pedals. Still spent a lot of days seeing my breath in the cab all day.
When I got the 400, I complained I didn't have enough room to work. The center manager gave me a wonderful piece of advice I took to heart and carried with me my entire 32 year driving career. "Son, you can only get so many packages in a 400." I made it a point to always try to have the smallest car possible in the center. Hey boss, like to help you out but I got no room. But those old 400's were great. You could set up 20 stops on the dash and that little car with that little wheel base could go anywhere. And in the snow with a full set of chains it was like driving a jeep. I had the last one in a 250 car center until the mid 80's. Coming back to the building one night the engine just let go. Had a over 200,000 miles on it.Poor little guy just had enough.