I pulled my 49 3100 out of a
barn in Oct of 2012 loaded it on a rented trailer and hauled it to my home shop. How it got the is pretty interesting.
It was purchased new from a dealer/salesman named Major by a farmer named Glee. Glee didn't have enough money to buy it straight out so he gave Major cash for about 2/3rd's the price and they shook hands on Glee makeing payments on the remainder.
Glee had 3 sons who all learned to drive in this truck. Sometime along the way Glee and family moved to the big city and took the truck with them as they still kept some cattle and a garden on their old farm.
IN the 60's when Glee would load up family members to go pick fresh produce, my future Mrs would ride in the bed along w/her Mother and her mothers sister who was Glee's wife for ride to the "country" to collect up fresh produce.
Around about 69 Glee parked the truck in his basement garage for some long forgotten reason where it stayed until his passing in 97. His son's them moved it to Major's son's barn. WHy was it moved to Major's son's barn? Ends up Majors granddaughter met and married Glee's grandson. Small world I rekon.
To keep family in-fighting to a minimum the truck was titled to the great grand diaughter of both Glee and Major. Seems there were several cousins that were about to come to blows over whom should get it.
She had no desire for an old non running truck so it sat forgotten in that barn until OCt of 2012 when they told me about it when they were checking out another project car I had in my shop. So I purchased it from the great granddaughter of the two men that had made the first original deal to sell/buy it brand new
Funny, I gave her more for it in a non-running condition than her great grandfather Glee had given her other great grandfather Major for it brand new
One day I plan a frame off restore but since I got it running, it's now my nery enjoyble weekend cruiser.
I gacve Glee's last remaining son a ride in it over the past Thanksgiving holiday and he remarked that it rode and sounded like it did back in the day. We wer both very glad that I ended up with
this 3100 .
Dave
