Posted by W300Joe on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 at 4:54AM :
In Reply to: Spousal Units and Power-Wagons posted by Tim Holloway on Monday, December 01, 2003 at 7:11PM :
I'd have to give her a 5+. She tolerates but doesn't enjoy and I guess it dates back to 30 years ago when I swapped even my newly purchased '68 W-200 stepside (which she liked and would drive - not like the International C-1300 4X4 rack body it replaced) for a '65 W-300 stepside which she quickly grew to dislike after she tried driving it and found that it sat much higher and steered harder than my B-2 Power Wagon! She's tolerated constant truck trades, nearly 2 dozen prewar 1 1/2 ton Fords at one time, nearly a dozen '40-57 John Deere tractors and crawlers over the years, and now just shy of a dozen Sweptlines around the yard - mostly 300s and mostly W models. She kind of knows that I'm still lusting after an early '60's W-200 with 6 1/2' stepside, with auto trans, big knuckle 44 up front, 8-19.5s, LU-2 and plow on the front - a driveable truck she can plow the driveway with! I've promised (kind of) no more trucks or tractors (unless they're too good a deal to pass up!).
Guess I should really upgrade her to a 6+, maybe even a 7 - once I finish the new house and shop, rebuild my '64 W-300 pickup, move the ladder/bucket hoist from the W-200 chassis to a W-300, I can then start on "her" W-200, and I know she'll drive around town at least when it's done!