As long as we are talking about parking lot tech, I gotta tell this story. My buddy built his '76, or '77 SOA, locked, SM465, Saginaw FJ40-rig at his residence. He took it, and a scholarship with him to the out-of-state-University, where we met. At the time, we somehow discovered that the hospital / med-school parking was basically unchecked for permits. The parking structure was a ghost town on the forth and the uncovered level above it. And so, that is where this 40 underwent a rattle-can paint job, and bed-liner coating on the interior steel. He painted the exterior flat army green, so it had a Willy's-look but, with a rock crawling cage, especially with the soft-top removed. That rig was the biggest distraction ever, there was no internet, Chevy's always sported Rancho advertisement, and a chrome diff cover. So, it was like, "Rock Crawling, what is that?" Regardless, rock crawling, and hot springs found its way into the gender-segregated dormitories, and the flat-enamel that garnered so much attention was applied under the parking structure roof when no one was looking.
