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0259500-R1-E043
1965 GMC Pick up truck & topper
On April Fools Day of 1970 I was laid off from my job as an Inspection Supervisor at a defense contractor (ECI), in St. Petersburg FL. This did not come as a surprise because I had expected it for six months or so. And I had thought about what I should do when it did happen. I was 33 years old, single and had saved enough money to allow me to travel and see the country until I was tired of it, so that was the plan. In 1970 gas was about 25 to 35 cents per gallon, over night parking was free at a filling station, to $3.00 per night at a KOA. By the end of the first week of lay off, I had bought the truck and started rebuilding the engine. My Brother wanted me to replace it with a 400 cu. in. Pontiac V8 like the one in my GTO. If I had realized I would be driving it for the to next 32 years I would have. After the engine was finished, I built the topper, and we took a trip to the Smokey Mountains on Memorial Day weekend to try it out. After the trip I finished the inside with cabinets and storage, and painted the truck. During this time I went on a ten day boating trip to the Keys, and an eleven day trip to the Rockies. I am about to start a no destination trip out west, after Labor Day!
0259500-R1-E043
1965 GMC Pick up truck & topper
On April Fools Day of 1970 I was laid off from my job as an Inspection Supervisor at a defense contractor (ECI), in St. Petersburg FL. This did not come as a surprise because I had expected it for six months or so. And I had thought about what I should do when it did happen. I was 33 years old, single and had saved enough money to allow me to travel and see the country until I was tired of it, so that was the plan. In 1970 gas was about 25 to 35 cents per gallon, over night parking was free at a filling station, to $3.00 per night at a KOA. By the end of the first week of lay off, I had bought the truck and started rebuilding the engine. My Brother wanted me to replace it with a 400 cu. in. Pontiac V8 like the one in my GTO. If I had realized I would be driving it for the to next 32 years I would have. After the engine was finished, I built the topper, and we took a trip to the Smokey Mountains on Memorial Day weekend to try it out. After the trip I finished the inside with cabinets and storage, and painted the truck. During this time I went on a ten day boating trip to the Keys, and an eleven day trip to the Rockies. I am about to start a no destination trip out west, after Labor Day!