The Truck
Several weeks ago, George Potter and I got wind of an old 
truck for sale down below Coos Bay. The owners had no 
idea what kind of truck it was or how old it was. It had been 
setting in the barn when they purchased the farm many 
years ago. 
Well, right away this aroused our curiosity, and we had to go 
down and check it out. We made the trip one nice day, and 
after some looking we identified the truck as a Chevrolet, 
and later to be determined as a 1928 model. 
George, being the younger and wiser said "you are on your 
own good buddy". I set out to prove that George didn't know 
a good investment when he saw one. It turned out later that 
. he did know what he was talking about. 
A couple of weeks later, I made a deal for the truck, and Jeff 
Smith, Byron Inman, Mel Evers, and I set out with a car 
trailer in tow. We got the truck loaded with n0 problem and 
off we went for home. We stopped at the Mill Camp Casino 
in Coos Bay for lunch and to my dismay, I saw that the roof 
of the truck had blown off somewhere South of Coos Bay. I 
wasn't about to turn around and go back and look for it. It 
was a fun day trip anyway. 
A few days later I placed an ad for the truck on Craigs List, 
already counting the many hundreds of dollars profit I was 
going to make. 
Alas, I still have the truck. A few came and looked but hastily 
set off in retreat. Needless to say my asking price has 
plummeted, so anyone wanting a "fixer upper" for cheap 
come see me. 
Verne