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Sorry, don't have photos of the real trucks and jeep, but these will do.

Learned to drive a white 1969 GMC 3/4 ton camper special with a long bed and heavy duty helper springs in the rear. Drove that truck on the fire roads in the Stanislaus National Forrest when I was 15 years old before I had my permit. That was also the first engine I rebuilt, small block 350. Man that truck was squirley in the rain.

Learned to drive a stick in a 1947 Willys Jeep, military convert, that had a 283 and a three speed on the floor. The thing had a roll cage, no seat belts, side pipe exhaust, was painted hugger orange, and the texture of the finish was orange peel. It was a real beater/beast. I would come home from school and drive my friends around, one time I let out the clutch and heard a BANG, then a grinding noise. My buddy and I pushed it back home for a half an hour. When my Dad got home, he took one look at it and said I know what that is. He started the engine, locked the front hubs, engaged the transfer case, and drove it out the drive way. Then backed it back up and said, that would have been easier than pushing it all the way home. Snapped a rear axle, told me not to gas it hard on take-off, the axles were designed for a 48 hp 4 cylinder, not the torque of a V8.