Tumbleweed #14461

The Story

Embrace the charm of a vintage Ford pickup truck. This old relic has weathered the test of time, telling stories of a bygone era. Here sits a gritty and flaking vintage Ford pickup truck, a mid-century F Model parked in the blowing jingweeds behind a barn. Its dark blue paint is spotted by rust patches and running with streaks. The bumper is popcorned with rust bubbles yet the shiny stainless steel trim pieces are in rather good shape. It could use another windshield wiper too, and the original wiper probably went onto another F Model truck that was still running in active service.

If miles were money and this old relic could talk, you would have a very expensive volume of stories to ride around in. But, living history is nearly a fantasy, so only your imagination is left standing there holding the figurative brush to paint over the holes that history has left you. And that can be entertaining.

This vehicle was found in a semi-secret Virginia truck graveyard deep in the backcountry farmland outside of Richmond. It contained mostly vintage tractor-trailers, but numerous old Ford pickup trucks like this one were gathered into one section. It is a private collection, and apparently, the owner has quite a soft spot for these old F models, the forerunners of the modern Ford F-150s seen on the road today seventy years later.

Location: rural Fluvanna County, Virginia. Picture and story ©Andrew Dierks