Hitch & Tow 1962 Dodge D-100 and Shasta Airflyte

I miss trucks that had vent windows, AM radios, a simple cab with a small instrument panel, lots of horsepower and were easy and cheap to fix and maintain.

Trucks nowadays are so complicated with every sort of fancy doodad and computer controlled thingamajig they're more computer than truck.

I want a truck to be a truck-not a luxury vehicle.  A truck that hauls, gets dirty, banged up and looks like its been used and abused.  In simple terms- a work truck.

So many people buy Trucks with all sorts of extras and goodies and never use them for what they were intended.  I’ve seen Truck owners who never haul anything, get fancy paint jobs on their trucks, dress them all up with lights and chrome and get faint if one little smug of dirt gets on them.

Trucks are made to haul stuff: lumber, dirt, trailers, etc.

I want a trailer that has all the basics-nothing fancy.  A travel trailer shouldn’t be a home on wheels.  Why go camping if you take your home with you?  A trailer is someplace you sleep, cook and shelter from the weather-nothing more.

The whole point of camping is to see the outdoors, not to sequester you in a little room, play video games and waste hours on social media

It should be dry, comfortable and a place to stay in the wild instead of a hotel or motel.

It’s like towing a room on wheels, albeit a room with simple cooking capabilities, maybe some air conditioning or at least a fan, heat if necessary and reasonably comfortable place to sleep.

It needs to be sturdy enough to haul, easy to connect and disconnect from a truck or car and small enough so a standard truck or car can haul it and be easy to maneuver.

Greenlight Collectibles remembers those days and pays homage to when life (and traveling) were so much simpler.

Greenlight’s Hitch & Tow 1962 Dodge D-100 and Shasta Airflyte 1:64 Scale Diecast Limited Edition Series 4 Truck and Trailer recapture the past.

The color coordinated red and white Truck and Trailer are miniature reproductions and feature amazing paint application with lots of little details such as whitewall tires, chrome accents on both the Truck and Trailer and fine body details such as accent lines.

The Truck has real rubber tires, simple red wheels, a red dash with minimal instruments, a high-back bench seat, plastic windshield with side and vent windows, chrome door handles an enclosed bed with tire wells, a large front grill with twin headlights and turn signals and a single beam white rear bumper and silver hitch.

The Trailer has a full black hitch assembly with a working trailer jack, hood air conditioner, a chrome trimmed front window in four panels, two windows on each side, various vents and storage compartments, side and read lights and signals, a propane tank, accent twin chrome rear wings, a single rear window, a mid-section door, a license plate and all the details of a vintage trailer.

What a wonderful nostalgic diecast!  It brings back so many pleasant memories when life was slower, less complicated and when families actually spent time together, talked, played games and there was nary a cellphone, tablet or TV in sight.