I know some of you have some good hind sight stories. A couple of years ago I spotted a '58 1 ton behind an old barn. The land owner was clearing the lot and tearing the old house down. You couldn't see any of this before. I drove this way to work every day so I stopped in and he gave me the truck. The truck was pretty much trash but when I opened the hood there sit the original, very clean 261. I noticed the captains bars on the block. I drug it home and the usual battle with the wife started. You guys know the one "Don't drag another piece of crap home again". I never listen. I put a new condensor in rigged up a fuel line and tank from a lawn mower and it ran very smooth. I even drove it around the yard for a little. I didn't have anything to put the engine in and caved in to the wife and sold the whole thing on the internet to a guy in Maryland for $300. Now I wish I had kept the engine. I couldn't find one now to save me. Sure would have been nice to have put it in a '46 since I'm looking for one.

Mike