Re: SER1 New to this board

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Looks like our trucks started out as twins! I would be curious to see how 
far apart our serial numbers are.
here is a link to pics of my  truck.
     http://www.pangolin4x4.com/pangolin4x4/projects/wimpy/wimpy.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Merz" <jonathanmerz@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: SER1 New to this board


> Thank you for the welcome,
>
> DOT:  Department of Transportation (Now a provincial ministry in BC)
>
> My '57, 88" was originally bright yellow and the story goes that it was a 
> chief surveyors/engineers vehicle when the Creston-Salmo Pass was built in 
> BC.  The minister in charge at the time was nick-named "Flying Phil 
> Gilardi".  There was much highway building going on at that time and this 
> vehicle made it into local hands afterwards.  The most recent owner before 
> myself used it for hunting.  No winter road salt, but some trapped mud 
> corroded some of the frame.  It needed a thourough going through but it 
> should be on the road by winter.  I have built several vehicles form the 
> ground -up and this is my second Landy.
> My pics are posted the Garage:
>
> http://groups.msn.com/TheSeriesOneGarage/fromgudjeonsdungeon.msnw
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jon Merz
> '57, 88" Ex DOT
> British Columbia, Canada
>
>
>
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