Reddington- My 60 SWB

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Thought I would take a moment to introduce you to Reddington. He is a 60 SWB I found on CL out of La Grande Oregon. Nearest I can tell he was an old farm truck that a pretty rough life. On a positive note, the cab of the truck is remarkably solid. As for the bed... well that's another story. When I got him he barely ran, nothing worked, and everything absolutely filthy. I popped the valve cover off to find 5 out of the twelve push rods bent into pretzel shapes. Swapped all of them for a new set, rebuilt the carb, dumped all the old gas out and now he actually runs pretty good. After stripping out the bench and cluster and it took 2 sessions and a gallon on Super Clean to get the interior clean. You could see the brown nicotine stains dripping off EVERYTHING. So gross.

After rewiring the front and rear of the truck he is back to being road worthy. He made home under his own power last night and everything seem to be just fine. As I drove along he seemed to run better and better. Tranny seems smooth and quite. Clutch is good. Brakes work great. Still much work (and cleaning) to do but I super stoked to have him on the road.

Enough with the babble. Here are a few pics!