[SEL] Sorta engine related.....

[Keith Kinney]

Curt
Looks like a great father son project.  That John Deere AR or BR in 
the background would make another good project.

When I was in High school a buddy of mine had a pickup like what you 
showed.  He found a conversion kit for a  small block chevy and put 
one in his pickup.

Keith



At 01:17 PM 7/18/2007, you wrote:
>Guys and gals,
>This is kinda engine related.....at least it has an engine. :-)
>Son Devin is a little over 14 now and in a couple of years will be
>driving. So we've been thinking about what kind of vehicle would be kewl
>for a kid to drive yet won't go too fast. Granddad had an old Willys
>Overland  Jeep wagon that I remember driving in the orange groves in
>Florida in years ago. So I've been sending Devin pictures of these
>wagons and somewhere in there he discovered the pickups. That was what
>he decided he wanted. I tried to explain to him that there wasn't much
>room in the cab of these pickups, and if he was carrying a saxophone and
>a book bag, there would be no room left for a passenger. But I didn't
>convince him......
>So I decided I needed to find both a pickup and a wagon for him to sit
>in. Got lucky and found both not too far away and last Saturday the
>family went to check them out. Devin sat in the truck for about 2
>minutes and concluded that it didn't fit him. (Can't move the seat
>back!) He immediately changed his sites to the wagon and fell head over
>heals for it. So yesterday we took the truck and trailer and picked the
>wagon up. Missy was busy on the camera and took these photos as we
>loaded and unloaded.
><http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/Willys%20Overland/Thumbnails.html>
>
>So we've got a project that will take us a couple of years to complete.
>As you can imagine Devin is pretty excited and ready to get started.
>Hopefully with all the sweat equity he puts in it, he will take good
>care of it.
>Hope you enjoy. If anyone knows a source of parts for these please let
>me know.....especially sheet metal patch panels.
>Curt
>
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Keith Kinney
Evansville, Indiana  USA
www.HerculesEngines.com