"I bought the truck in 1984 in Ontario, CA from a
fellow who retired from running his own yard service business. He had four
Rampsides--I wish I could have bought them all! I drove it home to Santa
Maria, CA and proceeded to work it very hard for four years,
hauling many heavy loads while landscaping my new home. I filled it to the top
of the bed with redwood bark a number of times, and with 2500 pounds of rocks
a number of times. Also hauled as many as 12 railroad ties. I used to take my
160 lb. Great
Dane for rides and outings--he enjoyed the truck a lot too.
I had to put it in
storage in 1991 (in a damp barn in Oregon) when I moved from CA to Washington,
DC, and wasn't able to visit it and retrieve it until 1999, when I brought it
to Albuquerque, where I now live. It didn't fare too well in storage and I
need to do a lot of work now to restore it. There's rust out in the left
rocker and in the right quarter behind the ramp.
The truck was originally turquoise but quite
was repainted a pleasant tan
color. The interior paint scheme was an interesting choice--kind of a
brown-mustard color with white accents. The odometer shows 124,000 and is probably
accurate. The engine has no serial number. The fellow I bought it from said he
had a new engine installed by Chevrolet and the factory replacement engine
came with no serial number. The accompanying picture was when it was still
looking pretty good. I have been a dues-paying member of Corvanatics since 1984
and have a complete set of newsletters."
