Dodge Ram 50
on August 6, 2014 at 12:01 amChapter: The Big Sleep
Location: SEMME downtown housing building
Walky’s truck is literally just my own. It belonged to my grandfather, then it belonged to my dad, and then it belonged to me when I was in art school. The, uh, accessories were truly my own, from the Jack in the Box antenna topper to the Godzilla cupholder (which I still have) to the muffler in the truck bed. And, yes, the AM radio. It was not good for much but Radio Disney and some kinda Yodel Network. It was the tiniest damn truck. It was considered a truck only by technicality of having a truck bed — the thing was more of a go-cart.
When I’d written this comic, the truck had recently died. This was my loving tribute.
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KUP RIP IN PEACE
Here’s my horrible rendition of that song, likely compounded by the air conditioner making it sound like it was recorded in the 1920s. Enjoy.
you were not lying… O.o
But did it have yodeling Disney?
And if it didn’t, why isn’t that a thing?
Remember when antenna toppers were a thing?
I remember when antennas were a thing.
So the yodeling is from the AM radio? When I first read this, I thought it was one of those zany custom horns. I…think I’m going to leave it that way in my headcannon. Seems fitting.
*sigh* Listening to the Everclear song now.
What do you mean were a thing… I still have a CB Radio with antenna. And I’m not a trucker.
And TruckNutz, gotta have TruckNutz
Jason must’ve broken all the bones in his body during this ride.
Back when people actually kept cars for 20+ years, not traded them in every 3 years.
I have loving memories of my first car. The thing was huge, must of weighted 2 tons, no j/k. Ancient 1955 Pontiac Station Wagon, it looked ratty, but ran like greased lightening. Couldn’t kill it. It was still running when I got together enough money to befit my lofty 20 year old status.
My friend had his car for 20 years, and ours is about 15.
People still do that. In fact, I imagine it happens way more often now, because of how the economy is. Who the hell gets a new car every three years?
(answer: rich old people)
Also, I’ve gotten the impression cars last longer these days. Sure, people have their stories of 20 year old clunkers, but there’s selection effect there (you hear about the ones that last.) Meanwhile there are advancements under the hood…
I can see five or so with an active commute and kids that need shuttling around (especially since I live in urban sprawl central), but even then if you really need a car to last longer, you can. And three just seems ridiculously short.
The only person I know who does that is my… wealthy, elderly aunt. So yeah, spot on.
Often people get new cars because the dealership will offer them deals where they trade in their current car which they are still paying off, and end up with a smaller biweekly payment on the new one (although often for a longer period).
I had a 92 Geo Metro until three years ago. Bought it new. I’d probably still have it, if I hadn’t believed a shady mechanic about how much it’d cost to pass inspection instead of going for a second opinion.
My Volvo is something like 17 years old and I’ve personally had it for 4, only broken beyond self-repair once. Heck, most of my friends (with the exceptions being a: a paramedic and b: a child prodigy who got a high-end coding job at 20) still have their cars from high school. 90’s cars were built to last.
And buy me a car that I though better fitted me. I meant to add on to that last post.
I always wanted one of those antenna toppers. I still do.
TO THE BATMOBILE .
I love how Walky thinks the best way to open the passenger door from the driver’s side is to CLIMB ON TOP OF THE TRUCK reinforces just how tiny it is.
He could have just reached over from the driver’s seat to open the door.
Yea, those were great little trucks, friend of mine had one, they would (usually) run forever, but rusted to death. My first was a used 91 Nissan Kingcab, drove the wheels off it, traded to a 1997 (still used) one at 370000 kms. I am currently on my sixth Nissan truck, finally upgraded to the crew cab.
Nobody gives a single solitary damn about Jason’s snobbish needs and it is glorious.
I loved the tribute to that truck.
I recall being passed by that truck on Wilson Road.. it sounded like it was farting up the road.
pthhhhbbbbbbttt…
I don’t even know anything about motor vehicles but i know you created a loving tribute to a piece of junk that survived as long as it did only by the grace of god.
Or it was a zombie truck.
Just reading through this comic for the first time and I just had to stop to say I still have one of those godzilla cup holders from taco bell too :3
My dad had a blue Dodge Caravan, roughly around the year 2000 that me and my little brother named “Jack” for it’s millennial-themed Jack-in-the-Box antenna topper. When our mom got her own car, we uncreatively named it “Jill” so they’d match.
Hey, kudos for making the effort to actually draw a Dodge D-50.
I worked at a Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge dealer in the early ’80s and drove a bunch of D-50s (and their identical twin, the Plymouth Arrow pickup), and with a stick, they were pretty zippy little trucks–especially with the 2.6-liter engine and a 5-speed.
ran across one of those godzilla cup holders in a thrift shop the other day. I almost bought it out of nostalgia, but then I remembered how horrible they worked, and that my current car has more cup holders than I could ever use.