64 C30 Chevy

Posted by steve in in on March 10, 2005 at 11:39:01 from (68.254.88.254):

Being in my mid thirties I have found that there are certain things I am starting to be sentimental about. I must get it from my Dad.

When my dad was quite young, he went to work for a local fertilizer company. It was a family run business, out in the middle of nowhere. Being that my Dad grew up within a mile of the fertilizer company, it was probably one of those things where it just seemed right for him to work there. He soon started another job at an engine company and worked both jobs for several years.

One of the perks of working at the fertilizer company was that my dad got to drive the company truck home every night. The truck was a 1964 Chevy 1 ton with a flat bed with wooden stakes. It did not have a hoist. It was emptied by a hoist like you would find at many a grain elevator.

Sometime in the late 60's or early 70's my dad quit the position at the fertilizer company, but he never forgot about the old blue truck.

Move ahead to the early 90's. Dad decided he would like to see if the truck was still around. He went and visited the owner of the fertilizer company, in a nursing home. He asked about "old blue" and its whereabouts. The owner said it was in his son-in-law's barn and that he would sell it to him. So, $350 lighter in the wallet, my dad made the trip to pick it up.

The truck was still the same color, but it was much the worse for wear. There was an imprint of a ladder in the grill and hood, obviously from a barn mishap. There was the owner's last name scrawled across the driver's door. The air horns still worked, if you pressurized the holding tank.

So, many years and an engine or two have passed. The truck is rotting in my Dad's yard. It will run, given enough time and a good battery.

My dad has decided to get rid of the truck. I had expressed interest in the past in owning it, but had pretty much given up on it since there isn't much there not rusted. There are memories and pictures of the truck. Probably everyone's favorite picture is the picture of my dad holding my older sister on the hood of the truck when she was about 9 months old. That would have been about 1968.

I have decided to buy it. At least it will be out of the weather until I can put some money into it. I plan to put it in the back of my barn for a few years. Hopefully it will not rust away to nothing. Hopefully there will be no regrets. Hopefully my wife won't blame me for being a little too sentimental.

Steve

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