Just an Old Half-Ton Shortbed Ford

For the grandkids who don’t know, the green machine came before Big Red. But regardless of color, Dad always made a Ford truck his loyal companion on the road! He’d pull that truck right up on the lawn in the backyard at our Lavender Street house and shin’er up! He was proud of his trucks and it is rewarding to know all the work he did and finally to got that Ford F150 with all the bells and whistles from navigation to cameras to see when you back up.

Lavender Street backyard, 1979.