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Last month I had an opportunity to trailer my truck home from where I've been working on it these last couple of years. Since my truck is going to be Union Oil Co. themed it was only natural that I stop at the local Union 76 station to check the tie down straps and snap a photo. I got it home and into the garage which turned out to be a whole lot tighter situation that I had imagined.

I wanted to be able to take the truck to our annual in-town car show so I had a list of things that needed to get done, not the least of which was repair and install the doors. Long hours at work kept me from doing much of anything at home, so it pretty much all came down to the Friday night before the show. My son came over to help and by midnight we had some items done, but still much to do. I went to bed but he stayed up till 2:30 am and finished everything by himself! How he managed to install the driver's side door when there's like 8 inches of clearance on that side of the truck I'll never know! Thanks to his dedication to the task we made it to the show that morning. This was my first time having something to enter at a show (my son entered his '72 Super Beetle previously). It was a wonderful time and we are all (my wife had a blast, too) looking forward to more to come.