New Member From Australia!

[gr8scott51]

Howdy from soggy western Washington. Did you travel to California to inspect the truck or just hope for the best? Pretty ballsy to spend what that nice truck must have cost without driving it first.

This is a great board. We have members from England and I think Edmund is from Denmark (sorry if I'm wrong). It's nice to listen to you guys gripe about getting parts for a change. I've had a few British sports cars. Always had to get my parts mail order from UK or through Canada, eh.

[68xxx]

Thanks again for the welcomes,

I bought the truck from a local importer. He had a real nice 71 that I was interested in but he liked it too much thus had a very high asking price but then told me of this one. He showed me some pics but I resisted until it landed.

I took it for a test drive with my wife and she pretty much decided that I should buy it, so there you have it.

She loves trucks and although I have restored some great cars (my last one was a 59 Vette which I sold earlier in the year) the only ones that she has really been interested was the 55 pickup and this 68, neither of which I restored. (figures)!

By the way, here are a few details about the 68,

She's got a 350 which origin I haven't identified yet, Holley DP, Highrise edelbrock, HEI dissy, blockhuggers,a TH400, posi rear, disc frontend, powersteer, vintage air using original vents and controls. billet dash cluster, handles and winders, Flaming rivers tilt column and as seen in the pic 17" TT 2's with big rubber.

The hood looks to be aftermarket and isn't too straight so I will be looking into replacing it down the track.

It has needed a few things sorted before I could licence it but they are done and it is fully licenced, there are a few more that I will get to in the near future.

And for those interested here is a pic of my 55 now residing on the other side of the country.

It had a 350 tuned port and T700 grafted from an 89 camaro, 9" rear, Jag suspension and steering. I had a lot of trouble with cold starting and I was using it as a daily driver which was not too practical and the 10 min warmups at 5am was really getting the neighbours offside so I sold her awhile back.

Mark.