Nostalgia & History > Lordsburg, New Mexico 1993

I moved from Houston, TX to Portland, OR in February 1993.  I made the cross-country trip in this 52 Chevy PU.

It wasn't original by any means.  It had a 69 Chevelle subframe grafted to the original frame and had power steering and power disc brakes.  It had the Chevelle's 350 V-8 and 350 Turbo Automatic Transmission.  It sure drove great and I enjoyed driving it.

I moved to Cleveland, Oh in July of that year and had to sell it because I took my 48 Chevy with me then.  I sold it to a guy in Boring, OR (that's the name, not a description of the town) and he has owned it until March of this year.  I bought it back after 2 years of trying to buy it back (for a lot more than I sold it for 22 years ago, but he finally sold it.

Here's a couple photos from that trip in 1993.

1.  Steam era coaling tower at Lordsburg, NM

2.  SP WB freight at Lordsburg, NMNomosantafe
Fort Worth, Texas
"Where the West Begins"

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Did you do the mods to the truck?  A Chevelle in Truck skin. It looked good in that pic, is it still the same color?

RickL

Houston TX

My buddy Joe and I did all the work (Joe did the welding) in 1989.  We built this with parts from 5 different trucks.

The truck hasn't been licensed since 1998 and it's been under cover for a lot of that time.  The paint job was a $300 Earl Scheib special (in 1991) and it is showing it.s age.  I'm just happy to have it back as I know the 2 guys that built it (LOL) really well.  It won't take much to make it a daily driver again.

Nomo

That pick up remains me of the one. used in the TV Show Sanford ans Son

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

Fred's truck was a Ford F-1, about the same year vintage.

Nomo

Nice RR shot as well as the pickup. There were a lot of those around the yard office when I was a youngster as they were a popular model. Wish more of them had been saved---we called them 5 window Chevys.
Brian Stevens