Saw a survivor yesterday.

[In The Ten Ring]

I headed over to Advance Auto for new hoses and I see, there in the Kroger parking lot, a 1970 SWB stepside with spare tire on side. It's like an older twin of my truck!

I pull over and walk to it. The owner comes right then and we talk for about 30 minutes until past dark. I think I saw it on this site about a year go, having been sold a couple of times. He wants $7,500 for it, a bit much in my opinion.

It is all original, looks it, and I did look under the hood. He said "when I got it the underside was so oily I thought I had a leak but the original owner told me he 'put the old oil from oil changes into a spray bottle and sprayed it all underneath.'" I guess that would prevent rust.

When he left he revved that I6 up very high and left much too fast....I got the impression he had an idle issue (maybe choke?) and it would quit if he didn't do that.

Still, it was great speaking with him and seeing it. Had my truck been running, I would have parked next to him.

[Indian113]

I had a Panhead Chopper like that, it leaked Oil so bad I never had to oil my chain!:lol

[In The Ten Ring]

That's funny man.

My truck is pretty oily underneath, it must leak badly enough. I'll probably try and clean it up a bit when I get it mobile.

[special-K]

Oil leaks keep the weeds from growing up in the stones. Keeps dust down, too. The used oil sprayed up under a vehicle is an old mountain remedy. You oil it up, run it down the dusty dirt roads, more oil, more dirt road, and you build up an oily barrier to road salt. Warsh 'er down come sprang and git that filth off .

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by special-K

Oil leaks keep the weeds from growing up in the stones. Keeps dust down, too. The used oil sprayed up under a vehicle is an old mountain remedy. You oil it up, run it down the dusty dirt roads, more oil, more dirt road, and you build up an oily barrier to road salt. Warsh 'er down come sprang and git that filth off .

Apparently that's what the old-timer did! The guy told me "the owner lived on a dirt road." I replied "oil and dirt would basically make cosmoline."

[davischevy]

My Longhorn has the really well preserved original wood floor. When I got it there was about an 1/8" of oil and dirt on the floor. Obviously carefully applied.