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A play on words as usual. A barn find in my opinion is the first sight by the first person. Then it becomes a barn found. If actually in a barn of course. A box truck find I have found is a 46 Chevy coupe 4 miles from work. 1 mile North of that sits(I think, not found yet) a 65 Riviera. 2 4BBL, A/C, leather. And the last I have yet to find the barn is a 66 L78, 4spd Chevelle.

I am starting to think I should buy an old farm and just rotate cars every couple months. Extra barn find value might offset land purchase price. I would get real barn dust in the deal too.

When ever I go looking, I always seem to pick the wrong end of the rainbow.

When BNSF had actual phone lines along rails they(and others I would guess) had the largest private phone service available. I believe all the way up into the 1990's.

Local National Guard base ran them over with a tank when decomissioned. Then sold for scrap. I believe the engine/trans was modular that could be swapped out as a unit. I happen to know where there are at least 15-20 units sitting in a small personal junk yard.

Very nice. I have a soft spot for those. Might be a stretch. I will have to check with my dad and see if I maybe had a 'Uncle Henry' I am closer to Nevis than I am to Wayzata, but stranger things have happened I guess.

I see you are in Woodbury. If your set on a 2dr wagon even to flip, there is one sitting on a trailer for sale about an hour NW of St Cloud. From the road it atleast has some of its original paint.

I remember that being on local TV every year. Was a big deal then. I have a co-worker whos dad did this in the early 70's. Fred Jillson. Factory Chaparral rider. Raced all over the country on snow and grass tracks in the summer. Him and his crew pretty much invented IFS for snowmobiles back then.

Per 1972 parts book. 66 Nova listed as SS using 3890162. 67 listed as Chevy(No Nova listing except for Mag style) using 3964523. Same as full size 65/66. Camaro only lists 67-68 with 350,396 (no SS) using only one shown with SS emblem as 3871174

Looks like same part number for 65 and 66. Difference in description is 65 lists Caprice where 66 does not. I will look at the Camaro/Nova vesion and report back.

Do these have part numbers on them?? I will dig out my parts book and check.

Cant say for sure, but they kind of look like the aircraft landing lights my Dad had on his truck when he lived in Alaska. Could be from a small plane.

I havent been contacted by past owners, but I did trace my car's history back to '99. A proven California car that made its way to Minnesota via Oregon. This brings up another quiz. For those that contacted former owners or were contacted by former owners, how much distance did your cars travel? I would like to know if in the '60's, '70's and '80's if they tended to stay closer in distance then later years with auctions and the Internet coming into play.

Check with local fork lift shops. They have all kinds of sizes, but not sure if they have something that works for these old trucks. The sets we use for a special heavy lift vehicle require a 1/8 press fit on rims. So rim integrity comes into play.

First real trip I remember is summer of '76. Brainerd, Mn to Palmer , Ak. 1967 Belair pulling a 14' Prowler camper. Followed by a '69 GTO. That was when the AlCan was a true 3000 or so miles of dirt. Only mechancal issue was 2 flat tires within about 20 miles of each other. About a 2 week plus trip.

I am from Little Falls. My driver is a '79 H/O. Also have a '65 Chevelle SS and a '40 Pontiac.

Although winter is a little behind schedule here(Mn), it is time to start seeing all the B body GM's show up. The best beater I ever had was a '68 Delmont 88 2dr. There is a benefit to having a 455 and low ground clearance. Made a great snow plow with a couple sand bags in the trunk. And I dont remember ever getting stuck.

I agree,knowlege goes a long way when paying good money for repairs. No snarkiness intended, my experience comes from that caliber of people who YouTube something, and usually the first one they find, and bring their issue to me and say "Thats an easy fix" "All you have to do is......." Then tell me how to set up,program my CNC, what to set my welder to and what clamps to use to machine/fabricate something. Then wonder why it took so much longer and $$$ then the YouTube they watched.

They YouTube it so they can tell the people that know how to fix it how to fix it. And why.

Thats interesting. Have seen plenty of Stevens guns. And read about Stevens autos here. Didnt know there was a connection. Are there any other auto brands that are affiliated with gun manufacturing??

My H/O. 1 of 2499 made. 1 of 1165 white and gold. 1 of ?? Made w/Califonia emmissions. 1 of 3 I have seen. (1 in 1980, 1 in junk yard and mine) But it is a 1of 1. The only 1 this 1 owns. I will keep driving it till I see another, then it will be less rare. It will become 1 of 4 I have seen then.

Could that be measuring spring pressure?? Like Joe says, a production check guage to make sure something stays in tolerance.

Roller chain breaker. Just used one for about 30ft of chain.

1977 Cadillac. Probably would be a good core if it wasnt a remanufactured unit. A few parts usable if they are good quality and you need Cadillac specific stuff.