No experience with vintage Fords but my Chevies (I had a '54 1/2 ton pick up
& '41 1.5 ton ex-fire engine) were easy to work on and parts were rarely a
problem.
Back then there was an independent auto parts store that was well stocked
and had knowledgeable staff (seems like those places are all extinct). If I
needed a part I take it there, they'd examine at what I brought and decide,
'that looks like a 3/4 ton Chevy whatever' and have it on the shelf.
Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott"
> Man...that was me until about 2002. I gave up on:
>
> 1) Finding the truck ('55 Fords aren't thick on the ground)
> 2) Paying for the truck ($25,000 is too much to spend on someone else's
> half-finished and all-the-way screwed up project)
> 3) Finding parts for the project (I'm not paying $600 for a gee-gaw, even
> if it is NOS, and re-pops don't fit)
> 4) Having a 1955 truck after spending $70,000 on it. They're 'cool', but
> not particularly good 'trucks', when compared to a newer truck.
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