Brown Betty
(Update: as of 6/29/2003, Jeff's truck is for
sale, along with two engines for $1500. Please
contact Jeff for details!)
Jeff Gauldin
is the proud new owner of this
'62 Loadside.
Jeff had the following to say about his truck:
"I got
this Loadside from a friend's father in-law
for doing some work for him.
It was just sitting beside his garage with the
weeds growing higher than the top of the truck. I've always been
interested in Corvairs so when I saw this
truck it seemed to call my name.
Every day I drove by his house I thought
'Man, I sure would
love to have that truck!' One
day he asked me to do some work on a couple of his work trucks so I said
sure, if he would sell me the
Corvair. This was in
August of last year and the rest is history.
However, he couldn't find the title and all
he could remember was the previous owner's
name and that he lived in Georgia. I put in a
title claim with the Department
of Motor Vehicles
and they sent me a new title. So as far as
the truck's history that's all I know. I've
not done a car history check--that gets
expensive--and my better half doesn't give me
much of an allowance...
I've just started really getting into rebuilding my truck. There isn't
even a handful of rust on it.
The only thing I've had to replace so far has
been the master cylinder. It runs good but I'm cleaning and repainting
everything."
We're not sure what sort of paint scheme this
truck originally had. Like many '62 Loadsides, its paint code is SPEC.
This truck does not have the telltale signs of having a military data
plate though.
Great job, Jeff, on making this
rare rig your first Corvair!
Information from the data plate
