Project "Black Betty" (bam-A-lam)

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While the '64 was out of commission, my dad also had a '66 short/fleet that we called "Old Blue." It was just a beater that would definitely be a contender for an ugly truck contest. It had a transplanted 350 w/ auto trans. Although it looked rough, it was reliable over many years. It was kind of an off-and-on driver for the most part. But it was always there for daily driver status if another vehicle was down. Getting behind the wheel as a pre-teen, this was the first '60-66 I ever drove. I used to take it around the subdivision, dreaming of what it would be like to have my own someday. Fast forward several years down the road, & that dream became somewhat of a reality. On many occasions I would drive the old beater '66 to high school or around town. My dad also still used it quite a bit as well. I remember many winter mornings when he'd have to hook up a heat lamp just to keep it toasty overnight, as well as to keep the windshield from frosting over before driving to work.

Dad ended up finally selling the truck just as I was finishing college. I ended up coming across it on eBay a couple years ago, so I took time to save the pictures. It had not changed one bit from the time my dad owned it. Here's a few pictures: