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IT WAS IN SERVICE IN MOHALL,N.D. FOR LOCAL EMERGENCIES FROM 1970 TO 1993. I BOUGHT IT WITH 43,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. NOW IT'S GOT 54,000. IT'S ALL ORIGINAL, BUT I HAD TO PUT SOME USED HEADS ON IT BECAUSE THE OLD ONES WERE MADE FOR LEADED GAS, AND THUS ROASTED OUT SIX OF THE VALVE SEATS. SLAPPED ON THE (FREE) USED HEADS THAT A BUDDY GAVE ME, FIRED IT UP....AND DROVE IT EVERY DAY SINCE.
EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS HOW IT WAS IN 1970 WHEN IT WAS NEW, BUT THE BEACON ISN'T PICTURED. I KEEP IT STOWED IN THE BACK SO I WON'T GET STOLEN OR SOMETHING ( I AM IN L.A.)
I AM FROM L.A., BUT I LIVED IN BOTTINEAU, N.D. WHEN I BOUGHT IT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. MY FATHER LIVES THERE....HE IS ILL, AND I NEED TO MOVE BACK THERE. GOTTA GET A U-HAUL AND SPLIT PRETTY SOON, THAT'S WHY I'VE GOT TO SELL IT. I'VE AN OLD DATSUN IN N.D. I CAN BEAT ON, AND THE WEATHER AND ROADS THERE CAN WORK THEIR MAGIC ALL THEY WANT ON THE DATSUN............IT WOULD BE A CARDINAL SIN TO PARK THAT BABY OUTSIDE IN N.D., AND THE GARAGE THERE IS TAKEN UP BY MY OTHER PROJECT.........A '55 DeSoto FIREFLITE SPORTSMAN COUPE WITH ABOUT 67,000 ORIGINAL MILES. IT WAS FEATURED IN COLLECTOR CARS MAGAZINE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.......(IT'S THE RARE ONE WITH THE 291 HEMI AND THE FOUR BARREL CARB) I GUESS THEY ONLY MADE THAT ENGINE ONE YEAR, AND THE "FIREDOME" PACKAGE HAD THE 4-BARREL. I ESTIMATE THERE ARE ONLY MAYBE 25 OF THEM LEFT IN THE U.S. TOO MANY PROJECTS, TOO SMALL OF A BUDGET, TOO LITTLE TIME,..............WELL YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN! THANKS FOR ASKING ABOUT THE OLD JAMBULANCE!
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