That Elkie rather spins my wheels. I bought one with a 235 and 3 speed on March 24, 1970 the day my first born was born and think the test drive the day before is what started my wife going into labor. We had a lot of fun in that truck over the couple of years we had it.
Picked this up for the wife’s 56 There was a kit for a 57 I took some junk, no sale but I got rid of some hubcaps. A kid, probably 6-7 drug his grandmother to look through the parts and look at the bus. While he was digging through the junk, the grandmother said he loves old parts and wants a bus. A few minutes later he drug his mom and little sister back to the bus. The mom said he loves junk. My kinda kid. He liked a set of Sudebaker dog dish hubcaps I had. So I told him a handshake and he can have em. He told me about the Terraplane hub caps he had. Kid sounded a lot like a younger me. Poor little fella
I was in stealth mode probably digging thru parts my phone number was on a paper under the input shaft sitting on that air cleaner
The Jalopy Journal
