I picked this car because I have always liked the body lines and the style. This car belonged to my best friend's dad who has passed away and the family finally sold it to me after trying for over 25 years to purchase it. It's a car you don't see much. It's been in the weeds and needs to be completely restored but I love it! My best friend says he can't wait to ride in it again; he last drove it to high school in 1998. I'd love for him to get to ride and drive it again. I want to take it out to car shows and go to old diners and drive-in movies. I'd like to drive it on Route 66 and take it to Crusin the Coast. I just want feel like I'm back in a simpler time! I have started pulling interior and carpet to see the floors. I started at the motor -- a blue flame 235 -- and put new HEI distributor, new fuel pump, new wires, fixed the wiring under the hood, and pulled the side covers off to try to get it oiling. I had to remove the rocker arm assembly and cleaned it hoping for oil flow, but everything is gummed up. I have it running now and ordered new floor pans, new gas tank, sending unit, and inner rocker panels. It needs about all the pans installed. I'm working on interior wiring currently. I really want to keep the paint if I can. I'm trying to research the name that was on the back of the truck -- WQLT. Apparently it was a radio giveaway car a long time ago. There's so much I'd like to do but I'm learning as I go and have a small budget .
