I think that is the only picture left, but I'll see if I can find any more. It was a 61 Ford 6 cyl standard. I was a friend's old fishing car and body was rusted out badly. Even had to weld a patch on the frame, but the engine was OK as was drive train. Overhauled the brakes, generator & starter and took a torch to the body. Towed it to the ranch and left it under a mesquite tree for 15 years.
After the floorboard in the trunk rusted through and dropped one band holding the (21 gal) gas tank, I put an outboard gas fitting and carried my 6 gal outboard tank w/me every trip. Had to carry gas up for it anyway, was actually more convenient that way. Would run several days on 6 gal. Taught my son to drive there and hauled a lot of deer over the year.
That gas tank fiasco was a hoot. I was about 5 miles from camp when I heard something dragging. One corner of that 21 gal tank,
it was full & dragging the ground. I didn't want to walk back to camp and always carried a tool box. Fortunately there was a hole in the flange where the two halves of tank were fused so I took a screwdriver and opened up the hole where strap had been bolted, ran a wire loop though the hole in tank, up through floorboard and picked up the tank with my davit. Left the jury rig hooked up until I ran that tank dry enough to handle, several weeks later, then rigged the boat tank for the next 7 or 8 years.
Lots of memories racked up in that old car.
