Got about a .5 (half hour) working time on the lpb today. But I did get about 6 hours on the road though
As many of you know I made a deal on a 66 lwb frame and box over a week ago. I had been working on shipping with some local shippers, basiclly waiting until a local truck that was out west had room. Friday morning I got the call......local shipper had a truck coming out of Tacoma, Wa and would be in Spokane, WA in about 4 to 5 hours. He had exactly 19 ft on the back end of his truck. He need to know if I could arrange to have the chassis picked up in that time frame?
Well the phone calls were set in motion at that point. Next call was made to Aaron (Riddler) in Spokane, WA....who currently had the remains of the 66 and was the catalyst behind this whole deal (Thanks again Aaron

). To make a long story short and after several phone calls back and forth......Aaron got the chassis to Rouse's towing in Spokane per my shippers instructions. When the truck arrived, they winched the chassis onto a roll back truck and then rolled it into the 53 ft. trailer. Worked absolutely perfect. So, that was Friday late afternoon...........now today........
I could have waited a week or 2 for the truck to be delivered to my door. It was scheduled to goto Minneapolis, MN and it would sit down there until they had another load with space going to Northern MN, 7 hours north of Minneapolis. Or, I could arrange to meet the driver in Fargo, ND.....3 hours south of me. Well......me being me, you can imagine what I did. Made the arrangements Saturday night, got up before dawn and was at a interstate rest-stop at 8:30 this morning. Took a couple photo's, brought the deckover trailer so it would be high enough to roll it off the truck with ramps. Needless to say it took a total of 2 minutes to get it off his truck and onto my trailer.....everybody was very happy. Strapped everything down and headed North again. Rolled back into my driveway right at noon.
I got that .5 hour in later this evening.....the wife had me busy all day and then we had another deal we went to tonight. I did manage to get my cab mount fixed and make a little bracket. I have no idea what that little triangle piece does, but it was on there...so I'm putting it back on in the name of keeping everything orginal.
Took a few photos of the 66 frame and box in my driveway. Very, Very happy with what I have here. Bought the whole thing for less than what others were shooting me a price for just a frame. And I know some of you are thinking that box looks bad, not at all!! Surface rust all over it because someone started to fix it and ground all the paint off and didn't topcoat it with anything. So the bare metal rusted, it looks way worse than it is. Box is rust free and pretty dam straight, even the bed isn't that bent up? It's going to need a little work, but at least I have a good start. I do plan on swapping out the rear valance sheet metal, so the box has 78 taillights in it....essentially a 78 box. Also needs a new tailgate, but that is doable.
Hope to get that cab mount welded on tomorrow and maybe start tearing into that frame???
Matt