A Donor Truck
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I have known about this truck for over two years
but waited several years before purchasing it--for parts. The previous owner had a large, non-running
diesel truck blocking access. Fortunately, he eventually donated the truck to a technical
school, opening the path to retrieve the Rampside. The first picture was taken on the
day of purchase (2/2/99) at the previous owner's house. It's pretty easy to see that the
Rampside hadn't moved in several years. Rich Felzer and I inflated the tires but the front
tires would not seal against the rims.
Pictures 2 - 4 were taken the next day (2/3/99) at Rich
Restorations. Photo #2, at
left, gives a good view of the right front.
The Trim code indicated that this was a standard rig (not equipped with RPO Z60). The
Paint code showed that the truck might have been sporting its original exterior color scheme: solid
Red (no white stripe, code 514). |
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This shot shows the left rear, where a nice dent
could be
found--very typical of Rampsides that were used for work. One nice thing about the truck
was that the original license plates were intact. I intend to use them on Rampside 111819, which I
purchased later in 1999. |
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The picture at left shows the interior from the passenger
side. The seat was pretty much all there but the upholstery was in very sad shape. The
glove box contained a few crumbling registration receipts and even included the application
for title from the previous owner. He applied for title transfer from the prior (first?)
owner on September 11, 1978. I have a feeling that the truck was in considerably better
shape then; he explained that he drove it to his house under its own power. The
instrument cluster was in nice shape and may be transplanted to truck 111819. |
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This photo shows the vehicle after being liberated from its
wobbly canopy on about 2/12. Although not visible in these photos, the bed
was in fairly
nice shape, no doubt from the years of protection by the canopy. The tailgate
was in
reasonably-nice shape too. In the not-so-nice shape category was the ramp, as shown,
rather obviously, in this photo.
This Rampside had an engine but it wasn't the original. The date
code verified that it was a replacement 110 HP engine (XXZ suffix).
Rich and I removed all of the serviceable parts and then had the remains
hauled away in the fall of 1999. |
Information from the data plate
(Click on a heading in the table for more information on that item.)
There is a defect in the data plate that makes the last digit of the delivery date
illegible, but it likely was a "4" at one time, for 1964. |
