A few weeks ago, Ms. Peggy was checking on the Swap Meet ads and noticed our old friend, ODSS founding brother and purveyor of interesting antique iron (Phil, AKA TrknGMC) had listed his '27 Capitol project ... without a price!! (gasp! Shriek!!).
This part is true.
The "gasp" and "Shriek" was because I was watching the Swap Meet area while the Moderator (Gdads51 / Dan) was on a Leave of Absence. I only noticed: 1. 1927 truck (hmmm) and 2. NO PRICE listed.
-- big no no in the SM Guidelines. It wasn't until after I clicked in that I noticed it was Phil Pierce. Well, hello there.
A little more "inside HQ" ... we had been talking for several months about adding an "Early Trucks" segment in the Parking Lot. Several folks who have the earlier trucks had suggested it. Set that on the pile of "things to get to some day, some where, some how, with some help.
So, me thinks: now with an "Early Truck" ourselves, we can noodle this through a little better. The "some help" turned out to be a thing (truck) rather than a person(s). Delighted to see that the people are showing up (mostly in PMs and emails) and I believe we'll be seeing the Early Trucks forum by next month!
It's also been interesting to now be spotting some of these earlier trucks as part of our HQ routine. When doing another segment in the
Stovebolt Annual Reunion - 2012 - that we pulled up
Bill "KC Caveman" Alderson's 1926 Chevy 1-ton Flatbed.
I want to add that when I went over to see the truck (Calvin) in the garage, our Mennonite neighbors strolled by. Since I was looking at the cab, I commented that it reminded me of their carriage. The young girl popped her head in and the Mom looked from the backside ... "It sure does." And everyone got a chuckle.
