Posted by Dave Speed on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 22:16:01 :
In Reply to: Where did you get your truck? Any cool stories? posted by Jesse on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 21:25:47 :
My 1953 B-4PW was purchased from the Department of Energy; used at the Brookhaven National Lab and the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. The bed came from a garage in Maple Shade, NJ, the tailgate came from a junkyard in Pasco, WA near the Hanford Reservation. The engine's dual intake/exhaust was built by an old stock car guy in the woods of Central Pennsylvania.
My 1963 Town Panel came from the vicinity of Los Alamos (even tho I picked it up in Central Texas) and still had 'US Atomic Energy Commission' under primer on the doors. Its been up and down Baja several times I'm told. The Poly block came from a ranch just off a dry lake in central AZ.
The 1962 Town Panel came off a mountainside in Sandia Park, NM. It was a Colorado state vehicle at one point, then licensed as a farm truck.
Every part has a story. I've had more fun hunting for parts than anything.
Dave
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