Your Favorite Vintage Car Gear Hauler

[sturoc]

No vans please.
What was is your favorite Vintage car gear hauler ?
Photos if ya got em please.

My old gear machine :

[nortonrider]

it doesn't like you have to haul your gear very often.

[sturoc]

This was when it died that evil engine death way back when !

[BurningSkies]

Has anyone been able to explain those rear handles sufficiently? I mean besides the previously mentioned up-to-no-good kid fun?

[Liam Wald]

Originally Posted by sturoc

No vans please.
What was is your favorite Vintage car gear hauler ?
Photos if ya got em please.

My old gear machine :

Nice Frickin' Boat! I want one.

[BurningSkies]

My first car and most favorite gear hauler (heck, I'd love another one of these in good shape) was a 1984 Peugeot 505s wagon. Black, tan leather interior, slight bronze tint to the windows. It was like this but black:



My band mates knew it as 'the French Caddy'. I could fit my 3*15 cab, a drum kit and a Twin plus a few band members in the back.

The problem was that any small repair that needed to be done cost me 100 bucks an hour and parts were ridiculous. I had an authorized mechanic sit me down in his office once and say "I can look at you and tell that there's no way you can afford to own this car." And it was true.

[sturoc]

Geez those fellow band members must have been real skinny !
Except for what you posted elseware,those handles are an enigma huh?
Only time I used them was to get stuff up top on the roof rack and tie it off.

[Smokin' Toaster]

Does 18 years old count for vintage?



1995 Ford Aerostar XLT extended van, 4.0L v6, Automatic.

As you can see, it can haul a sheitload of gear or pull a trailer in a Mardi Gras parade. She's pushing 190k miles, and I'd drive her anywhere. There are some roof and front windshield leaks, so I cover my gear inside when it rains. I wish I could find one just l like it with under 50k miles... I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I still don't understand why Ford discontinued the Aerostar... it's a true truck chassis, and with the 4.0 liter engine I've towed tremendous loads with the van loaded to the gills, and with all that it made it up hills that amazed my friends.

[nysbob]

This is identical to my first car - bought for its hauling capacity.
'69 LTD wagon with a 390. Hey - gas was cheap back then.

[Low Class]

1977 Toyota Corona Wagon. 20R motor with a 5 speed manual tranny. Built like a tank!!

[RickBlair]

I did manage to haul my gear to a gig in this last year. Granted it was a combo amp and anything other than a 34" scale bass isn't going to fit behind the seats. I managed to squeeze in a cart and full-size folding music stand also.

Rick B.

[will33]

Originally Posted by RickBlair

I did manage to haul my gear to a gig in this last year. Granted it was a combo amp and anything other than a 34" scale bass isn't going to fit behind the seats. I managed to squeeze in a cart and full-size folding music stand also.

Rick B.

If the missus wants to ride along, you're going to have to take up the piccolo....sweet ride though. When I was a kid, I had a model of the '78 Indy500 pace car that looked a lot like that. Never had a real one though.

[Low Class]

In the late 80's and early 90's I hauled my SWR Goliath 410 cab, SM400, and bass in a 1972 Datsun 240Z.

[christw]

I want to ride to every gig I've got on my dad's old bike, a '78 Yamaha SR500. It'd been sitting in my uncle's garage in Cali since it scared me ****less as a toddler. My brother and I went out to fix it up and give it to our dad as an early father's day present and a get well soon present because he was still healing from a hip surgery he should have gotten a decade ago. We found it under a layer of grime and started away. The brake cylinders blew out years ago and the carb needed a rebuild but that sucker was up and running in no time. Forgive the glamour shots, they're from when we just got it back to Ohio and cleaned it up a little better.






Oh, my "old" young gear hauler. It didn't hold much but it got me to and from where I needed to be. Don't even ask me how awkward it looks with a big old accordion in case strapped to the back of it!

Also featured, that '80 El Camino richer one built '66 327 that was supposed to have been my first car and an under cover '65 Ranchero (Falcon) with a '77 302 built for a quick 1/8 mile Mustang that was supposed to have been my brother's first car. Mustang II underbody, disc brakes, a rebuilt front end to remove those huge shock towers and fit the engine and headers, straight cut gears whining... I still lust for the Ranchero! Too bad that didn't happen. My mom made sure of it.

[JimmyM]

1971 Plymouth Cricket. This isn't mine, but looks pretty close to it. Dad bought it new in 71, passed it to my brother Donnie in 76 for a couple years when he lived in Miami, then I got it in 79. Used to haul a V4B, SVT 810, and two basses in hardshell cases, and still had room for a date...that is, when I could find dates who didn't mind being seen coming out of a Plymouth Cricket. It was still running when my dad finally sold it in 83.

[BassCycle]

I built this truck back in the 90s. It was a pretty cool ride, but I kinda got tired of working on it. Now I have an 05 F150.

[randysmojo]

A good friend of mine that was killed by a drunk driver a few years ago used to take his lead rig on his Harley. He had a Peavey Classic 30, Fender Strat, and a Boss pedal board that he would place on the back seat between him and the sissy bar and bungee it in.

My sister used to haul her drum set in a 1967 Camaro. The closest thing I ever had to a Classic was a 1980 Firebird Formula that I put my old Peavey Combo 300 in the front seat and strapped it in with the seatbelt.

[Lowbrow]

Didn't own it, but doing a month string of gigs in LA back in the 80s we needed to rent from the 'cheaper' car place Dreamboats. Got a 60-something red 2-block long Bonneville convertible with a 2-SVT trunk.

[monkeyking]

I've had two.

'72 Buick Electra 4-door, 455 with 4 barrel carb. Could wedge most of the PA and my rig into the trunk with room left over for Jimmy Hoffa.

'76 Chevy Caprice Classic 4 door. I think that had the 350 in it. It could hold most everything I owned during the mid '80s.

[lowend1]

Originally Posted by sturoc

No vans please.

NICE
Plymouth Sport (or maybe Custom) Suburban, vintage what, '72 or '73 - judging by the body contours?
The rear handles (and accompanying bumper steps) were there to facilitate climbing thru the tailgate, which, I believe, had dual hinges to swing down or to the left based on access needs. Remember, back then there was a folding seat in the cargo area for passengers. Probably wouldn't pass muster today.