Hidden Treasure
You know that saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure?" Well this is true in my case of the newest addition to the Pope's Build or Bust family.
My Grandfather recently passed away. He was a good man, a hard worker and a master builder. He taught me many things throughout the years and I am forever grateful. One of the many lessons learned from him was to see the beauty in all things even when others turn up their nose or even laugh at you. I saw this ever so true with his passion in raising earth worms. He loved to fish and with fishing came his passion to have the best bait possible. He had a half acre pond next to his house that he would always take me to. He would put me in charge of taking care of the the bait. It was my job to go into the pack house and get the plumpest earth worms I could find. He raised them in 8 six foot by three foot boxes and fed them old coffee grounds. He had a passion for these worms. Whenever somebody would come over to his house he would take them out back and show them his little babies. Most of my friends thought this was rather gross and laughed at the fact we raised earth worms.
They just didn't understand.
It is no wonder that when my grandfather passed away that some family members and friends didn't understand why I wanted two old rusted out trucks that have been parked out in the woods for over 30 years. These two trucks were work trucks at one time. They had a great purpose on the Pope farm until one day they were no longer needed. I am not exactly sure what the reason was (and to be honest I don't really care) but the two trucks were loaded with garbage and drove across the field into the edge of the woods. Once parked the axles were taken off, the engine removed and whatever else that could have been used on the farm was also taken. These two trucks have sat there ever since.
Not yet knowing their fate, these rusted, infested and tree laden trucks are now mine.
***And now for the kicker, I need help in identifying these two trucks. They are both Studebaker models I suspect from the early to mid 50's and one has a split window. If anybody out there can help me identify them that would be of much help. Please in your post refer to one truck as the "Split Window" and the other truck as "Truck 2" so I will know which one you are talking about.
Thanks
