From Father to Son
In February 2002,
Mark Monaghan had
the following to say about his newly-acquired
Rampside:
"I acquired this truck
from my father. Since I have registered the vehicle I
have been working on getting it ready for the road. It has had a rough life. The
vehicle was driven mainly in Minnesota.
The frame was completely
rotted away (what frame there is in a Rampside) and I
replaced it with 2" X 4" steel tube:
As we all have seen before,
the ramp was rotted away and in this picture I
was making replacement sheeting
from fiberglass:
And of course the side was rotted away:
The front end and windshield
areas were actually in good
shape and are shown here
almost ready for paint:
I know that it will not be original
but it will be as close as possible for its condition.
Every thing has been replaced
or rebuilt. By the way,
the truck is in the paint booth today (2/26/2002). I
didn't think I would ever sand one thing so much!"
On June 16, 2002, Mark emailed pictures of his
freshly-painted Rampside:
Mark commented: "I recently finished the major part
of my rebuild job. While I wish I had better results, it
was my first project."
She won't win any concours points due to her condition and my budget, but I
do plan on driving her to work and for projects around the house."
Your Rampside sure looks good to me, Mark! Congratulations
on getting to this point with your project and learning about bodywork and
paint. Looking forward to more pictures in the future.
Information from the data plate
