Karl Richofsky purchased this 1963 Ford F-250 pickup truck in 1965. He was looking for a tough, low mileage, heavy-duty truck. He got one. Over 700 thousand miles, five engines, countless sets of tires, and 44 years later he still has the same truck – now known as Two Dogs. Karl is a retired Operating Engineer, who can be found these days working in the pits on front engine top fuel dragsters. Current power plant and engine number five is a 462 cubic inch Oldsmobile mill backed by a Turbo 400 automatic transmission. The Olds mill will boil both the rear tires no problem, but slow and determined is Two Dogs usual routine. While the nitromethane huffing dragsters Karl wrenches on regularly blast into the 230+ mph range in the quarter mile, top speed of Two Dogs remains an unknown factor.
“Top speed? I don’t know. I’ve never been there”, said Karl.
8 Responses
Sometimes you hear a name so good, it almost hurts, cuz you know you’ll never have the chance to make it up.
Posted on September 21st, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I gasped when I opened this post. That truck is perfect.
Posted on September 21st, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Best looking / powered truck I’ve seen in some time.
Posted on September 21st, 2009 at 11:15 pm
How badass is that? Reminds me of an old joke. Shame a bit more care wasn’t taken over the years to keep the truck looking sharp, but it’s got a wonderful patina to it now. That’s the sort of vehicle that screams “I’ve got a shotgun. Get th’hell off mah propitty! Ya carpet-baggin, yank! Excellent.
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 10:31 am
That. Is. Beautiful.
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 pm
And this is why Clunkbucket is the new Jalopnik.
Posted on September 24th, 2009 at 8:18 am
I’m nuts about his rear bumper.
Posted on September 26th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Wow. I need to keep a closer eye on Clunkbucket. This truck is stupendous. My ’66 F100 pales by comparison, by two cylinders and 222 cubic inches. I really dig the big meats in back and the maypops up front, with no hubcaps. Gnarly. I can see this beast pounding along an endless desert valley road, long plume of dust behind it, coyotes and gila monsters running away intimidated by the awesome.
Posted on October 8th, 2009 at 8:24 pm