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What was the oldest UPS vehicle you have ever driven?
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<blockquote data-quote="rod" data-source="post: 307984" data-attributes="member: 5382"><p>For peak season in 1972 I had the honor (?) of driving a 1946 or 47 Dodge P400. It looked like something out of an old Bugs Bunny cartoon.Kind of a tear drop design. Imagine a 1940's style camping trailer with an engine and that would be close. It had more toggle switches than Ace Hardware of which only about 3 were wired to anything. Once you got used to the 1/4 turn of free play in the steering department it wasn't a bad veihical to drive. It had a shelf up front in the drivers compartment that you could line up 15 or 20 stops plus keep your card box and delivery supplies real close to you. It was actually one of the most convienent to deliiver out of package cars I ever drove. The drivers seat flipped forward (no seat belts) so you could exit either door with ease. The 1960's P-400's were designed along the same line but they were more boxy looking and had a higher first step. The only draw back I can remember about the old Dodge was it had real poor lights on it (must of been a 6-volt system). I had to pull the throttle out at each stop to make enough juice so that the dome light would put off enough light to work with. It had a micro-brake on it - how many remember those? When you got to a delivery stop you stepped on the brake and lifted the micro-brake lever and that would hold the brakes on HARD. We had fun with them because before you left the building in the morning if you buddy wasn't watching you could reach over and set his micr-brake. He would take off and the 1st time he hit the brake it would lock the brakes up and put his nose into the window. Damm we had fun with those. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy2:" title="Happy2 :happy2:" data-shortname=":happy2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rod, post: 307984, member: 5382"] For peak season in 1972 I had the honor (?) of driving a 1946 or 47 Dodge P400. It looked like something out of an old Bugs Bunny cartoon.Kind of a tear drop design. Imagine a 1940's style camping trailer with an engine and that would be close. It had more toggle switches than Ace Hardware of which only about 3 were wired to anything. Once you got used to the 1/4 turn of free play in the steering department it wasn't a bad veihical to drive. It had a shelf up front in the drivers compartment that you could line up 15 or 20 stops plus keep your card box and delivery supplies real close to you. It was actually one of the most convienent to deliiver out of package cars I ever drove. The drivers seat flipped forward (no seat belts) so you could exit either door with ease. The 1960's P-400's were designed along the same line but they were more boxy looking and had a higher first step. The only draw back I can remember about the old Dodge was it had real poor lights on it (must of been a 6-volt system). I had to pull the throttle out at each stop to make enough juice so that the dome light would put off enough light to work with. It had a micro-brake on it - how many remember those? When you got to a delivery stop you stepped on the brake and lifted the micro-brake lever and that would hold the brakes on HARD. We had fun with them because before you left the building in the morning if you buddy wasn't watching you could reach over and set his micr-brake. He would take off and the 1st time he hit the brake it would lock the brakes up and put his nose into the window. Damm we had fun with those. :happy2: [/QUOTE]
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