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I found a couple of photos after the radiator was removed. I will have to load them separately. BTW, my hood had the same cracks everyone else is talking about, and the overflow line was somewhat flattened, but nothing that could not be lived with.

Rambler's life history. It is a local (New Braunfels, TX) 97K original miles car.

Rambler under the hood

"62 Rambler.

Buick info, if anyone is interested

More Buick

I went to the New Braunfels (TX) swap meet this past week end. Always a good one. Unfortunately, no old Mopar stuff; however there were two really nice driver's in the Car Corral - a '63 Buick convertible (V6) and a '62 Rambler convertible (with a great history). Asking $7K for the Buick and $10K for the Rambler. The photos will take me several posts

My son saved the phone number for Brent...

Front view. Things I noticed that the truck is missing are nameplates, all trim, glass, side window apparatus, anything remotely resembling an interior, drive shaft, radiator and brake pedal. Even the headlight buckets were rusted out.

Side view with munched driver's door

The Powell was just too rough. The rust and bondo were everywhere, but the panels could probably be made and replaced by an untested rookie body man (like me). The big body problems was a crushed driver's door, the fiberglass nose is now mostly bondo and missing small parts. It would cost a lot to put it back on the road, or you would have to pull the body, make the multitude of repairs and then put it on another frame. It was damn unique, but we chose to walk away. The photos don't do the rust justice. I'll try to add photos.

They built a truck and a sport wagon. We are going to look at a truck. Powell's were built only in the early '50's in California (just over a 1000 were built). Used a '41 Plymouth frame and drive train, made their own body. Simplistic and pretty damn ugly with a fiberglass nose. You can find more on them on Allpar. It's a barn find that needs restoration that I may have to talk myself out of...

From the looks of things, had I been there the photographer would have had to switch from a wide-angle lens to a panoramic lens . Genetics, father time, good food and old Mopars seem to be having the same effect on the majority of us.

I rewired my truck in 2016 and posted where to find the firewall grommets: (Don't know about car grommets, but a while back I found these for my B4B. They had LOTS of sizes and shapes to choose from.) Cableorganizer.com Inc. 6250 NW 27th Way Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 866-222-0030 Part number: (SKU) OMAR-0545 Description: 3/8” x 1/8” x ½” x 5/8” x 13/32” rubber grommet $0.81 This is the one the oil line goes through (truck) Part number: (SKU) OMAR-2872 Description: 1” x 1/8” x 1 3/8” x 1 3/4” x 1/2” rubber grommet $4.13 This is the one the wiring goes through (truck) These two grommets fit great.

Glad you found a good one this past weekend. The weather in Texas was great, so we took a road trip to the "Big Country Swap Meet" in Abilene, TX. Online, it is a jumping, great swap meet - in real life it was a long drive to see a few sets of used, rusty headers, several used deer-grilles (aka brush guards) and some V8 Chevy parts. Very few vendors. Very disappointed. They charged me $5 to park - they should have paid me to attend. I will never go back. For a road trip for me, the Pate (at Dallas Motor Speedway) and Decatur swap meets are large and worth going to. The next two swap meets for me will be in New Braunfels (April) and Fredericksburg in July (fairly local, within 50 miles). They don't always have stuff I need or want, but they live up to their advertising.

Emmy - check out this website for truck bed info. http://www.horkeyswoodandparts.com/

If you get a chance, find the "Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles" album. It was great.

I tried several sources for the windshield and window "seals" and weatherstripping. The ones I got from Clester's were the best in quality and price. https://clestersauto.com/

Back when I was in college, I am pretty sure my truck ran on beer...

Cheatham Street Warehouse was a converted train warehouse and definitely a honky-tonk, country music dive...in other words, a great place. One thing everyone that went there remembers is that they did not discourage bathroom wall graffiti - as long as it had wit and not just profanity. The walls (and ceiling) were covered. Two classics I still remember are: "I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous." "Profanity is the linguistic crutch of the inarticulate motherf-----." I still find myself quoting those on occasion.

PC - Knew that (and I thought it was funny). I was just providing more info for everyone that did not experience it.

Plymouthcanbrook's guess on the band prices should have been for the 1975 - 1983 time period. During that time, the legal drinking age in Texas was 18 yrs old, and every college town in Texas had a live music beer joint on just about every other corner - held the prices down, I guess. Most of the acts played for a small amount of the gate and a % of beer sales. BTW, fresh longnecks of Pearl, or draft from a fresh keg (prior to Stroh's purchasing the brewery) were excellent. After they Pearl was sold to Stroh's, it was not the same. I switched over full time to Shiner Bock.

One more photo. This is at the back. Bands would open the door and load their equipment here.

In San Marcos, TX. This is the beer joint and live music venue where George Strait got his start (and I killed many brain cells...). Back in the 70's, lots of good "cosmic cowboy-progressive country-Texana-Americana" musicians have played there, as well as a mix of other musical genre. We used to see Strait for $0.50 when he started and $5 when he hit it big. Got to see Townes Van Zandt, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Rusty Weir, Alvin Crow, Jerry Jeff Walker and others up close - never paid more than $2 to $5. Pitcher of Pearl (Texas beer) was $1 from noon till 6 - best way to get over the stress from math and chemistry exams.

You are making your own HALO wing to go with your jet-pack?