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Through the years it has gone through a lot of changes. I didn't drive it much the first year or two, due to my age.
But my older sister liked to drive it; I couldn't blame her. After many trips up and down the main drag the old Babbitt rods
just pounded all the louder, you know the sound. This is what started all the changes. Thanks Janet! No, I'm not mad
any more.....than I was than. Just kidding. Janet has been there more times than not for me.
So, Dad and I replaced
the motor with another straight 6 from, I think a 1950, thats the style my dad likes, lucky for me. That stayed in until I
got the truck stuck, and broke the back housings on the transmission. That was the end of the enclosed drive shafts. Dad had
a 1958 station wagon that the neighborhood kids and I tipped the body off to use the running gear for the truck. That wasn't
very safe, now that I look back on it. Someone was watching out for us.
Now the truck would have a 283 with a powerglide transmission, and completely taken apart to begin its life as a hot-rod,
a/k/a "Old Crate" by Officer O'Donnell.
This combination would stay together for several years, until someone asked if I had a Vette rear end. Come to find out the
rear axle housing broke, making the tires lean. It must have been cracked when the wagon was in a derby, did I mention that
yet?
So the truck sets for a while, I change jobs, and a guy from work offers me a 1973 Monte
Carlo to use for the running gear. My wife, Donna, is happy now that it will be a little more modern.
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