Posted by Gordon on Friday, July 05, 2002 at 2:09PM :
At long last I got my TD 20 delivered today - image at the top of the page.
(best Oscar acceptance voice)
I'd like to thank Buzz Mueller for storing it for me.
Russ Erickson for the special hubcaps that arrived safely with it,
Steve Greenberg for the VC spares,
John Eickhof for the steam bent hoodframe,
Dave Fenner for the spare bed panels
VPW for the new headlights and other bits,
and Mike Winchester for the spare 16" wheel rims.
It just managed to get here in time, because I'm off abroad working and on
holiday for the next two or three weeks, so getting it delivered and
safely filed in the garage is a bonus.
Bad news is the engine is in bits and the radiator is wrecked, plus the
windscreen header panel is completely rusted out internally and will
require a lot of work. Also I didn't see the spare wheel which should be
there somewhere.
Good news is that it all appeares to be entirely original and umolested,
right down to the speedo with the traditional falling-off pointer,
absolutely complete panelling including trim sections. Two people that
have seen it already just didn't believe how solid it was for a September
1939 truck.
thanks again to all who helped,
Gordon
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