My Truck

[Rod Salter]

I have been asked what the other truck lurking in the corner of my first photo is.

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It is a Desoto. (Was my uncles)

Originally it had the Hannaford seed grader on it, Too much enthusiasm when loading saw the grader come adrift.

The grader is now dumped on the Big Austin. (Was Dad's main truck, seems like forever, I drove it a bit too. Has a big lever up through floor to help vacuum 2 speed diff to change. With a load of grain on if it got off the road it was a challenge to hold it and get it back on )

The little Austin is hiding in the grass nearby (Always was mine, put up some miles in it, rebuilt the motor and then could not afford the rego, they never caught me!)

What am I going to do with them? you ask

Well, beside talk to them regularly, I have ideas of tidying them up

Maybe the Chrysler powered flat head Desoto to become my old machinery rally truck.

The motors were all still running, although I haven't started them for about 4 years.

Sorry, The above have nothing to do with military, but maybe interesting.

Incidentally, heard from a seller he let a Chevrolet 4x4 V8 with a strange 2 speed diff (maybe have been international) in it, go for $400 over Christmas.

Lucky someone

cheers rod