Most people believe that newer is better, and for the most part that is true. older pickups were built with more skill and were built sturdier than new pickups. when i say old pickups, i am talking about pickups built from around 1960 to 1970. these were the best years for pickups. those old pickups were built with mostly steel, so they are very stong, but also very heavy. since most of the vehicles were made of steel, when parts needed to be replaced, it was cheap, and easy to do. i feel safer in an oldpickup because of h9ow sturdy the frame and everything else is. im not worried about the front crunching or the cab collapsing in a rollover. the style of the pickups in this era were more sensual with more appealing lines. a 1967 chevy did not come with computer controlled enging like new vehicles, so they are very easy to work on. they kept things pretty simple back in those days. that is what i like about those pickups. you odn't have to mess with diagnostics or anything like that. they aren;t as efficient as new rigs, but a pickup is for work, what does it need to be efficient for? when you are doing a lot of work, sthe simpler the better.there is less to go wrong. that is what you get with the old pickups, simplicity, which aslo makes them pretty inexpensive. most of the pickups in the 1960's had quite a bit of power. in the early 1970's, the government made some regulations that made car manufactureers change the way they built engines,which took away a lot of poweer. people always want more power. with older pickups there are so many parts that it is easy to make more power for them. the only problem is the engines dont last as long as they do now, so buying a crate eninge is usually a good idea. crate engines come with tons of power with the reliability of a new vehicle. they usually fit in the engine buy pretty easily too. on the down side, they godt get good gasmilage. you can't have your cake, and eat it too, though.
