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[โ€“] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 209 points 2 years ago (25 children)

Yank tanks truly are the peakest of cringe. I'd be embarrassed to show up in one of those things

[โ€“] funkajunk@lemm.ee 67 points 2 years ago (14 children)

"Yank Tank" ๐Ÿ˜‚

Still see plenty of those out in western Canada.

[โ€“] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're popular in Mexico as well. Ultimately they're a US creation though.

[โ€“] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

they were a thing when I lived in Texas in the late 70s. A guy I worked with had a big yellow Ford with 5' high tires. Everyone had pickups. I had a Datsun pickup with DOHC sounded like it would blow up at 60 but smoothed out again at 70. commutes were wild

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