So I bought the Banana Yellow LV from Montana. I have had a lot of 40’s a 45pu and 80’s over the years.. current stable is Fj60, BJ73 and now LV! Plan is to get it stopping(dual circuit master) and complete rebuild to be safe then get it running and paint and enjoy… last registration sticker looks like 1987…
I found a log book of stuff done by previous owner which gave up a lot of its history. So what I can gather the story goes…. Fritz bought it in 1972 from original owner when he lived in Seattle. Subsequently did a “restore” in 1985 with the current yellow drips all over paint , valve work done, Front seat replaced with buckets from a Mazda (that’s when the original front seat disappeared), air horns and roof lights installed along with a laundry list of other improvements. Then he drove to Bozeman MT where he moved. Have a neat hand written letter to man a fre from 1979! He included $1 for a catalog ( I remember paying for a catalog!!) and asked a lot of questions (before internet when land lines and letters were the form of communication). There is even one of the old man a fre order papers you would fill out and flyer’s of sale items at the time. Fritz was put in a home or passed and the estate sold it(He had it close to 50 years).It went to Pennsylvania for a few months but due to life changes it came back for sale and that’s where I came in and Decided to buy it. As luck and timing it arrived on the morning of my 50th Birthday!!! So let the madness start. This will not be a nut bolt restoration but rather a driver work in progress. It’s really solid and the floors under that indoor/outdoor carpet that was held down by a tar like substance look new( interesting that my 1967 45p/u had the same tar in the bed when I got it…Driver floor has some rust in the middle but it’s a solid LV!
I found a log book of stuff done by previous owner which gave up a lot of its history. So what I can gather the story goes…. Fritz bought it in 1972 from original owner when he lived in Seattle. Subsequently did a “restore” in 1985 with the current yellow drips all over paint , valve work done, Front seat replaced with buckets from a Mazda (that’s when the original front seat disappeared), air horns and roof lights installed along with a laundry list of other improvements. Then he drove to Bozeman MT where he moved. Have a neat hand written letter to man a fre from 1979! He included $1 for a catalog ( I remember paying for a catalog!!) and asked a lot of questions (before internet when land lines and letters were the form of communication). There is even one of the old man a fre order papers you would fill out and flyer’s of sale items at the time. Fritz was put in a home or passed and the estate sold it(He had it close to 50 years).It went to Pennsylvania for a few months but due to life changes it came back for sale and that’s where I came in and Decided to buy it. As luck and timing it arrived on the morning of my 50th Birthday!!! So let the madness start. This will not be a nut bolt restoration but rather a driver work in progress. It’s really solid and the floors under that indoor/outdoor carpet that was held down by a tar like substance look new( interesting that my 1967 45p/u had the same tar in the bed when I got it…Driver floor has some rust in the middle but it’s a solid LV!
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