I'm the Buddy that he mentions in the first post. I was surfing the web for something totally unrelated when i cam e across a small picture that had been in Mini truckin magazine back in 2008. I sent him a copy with the question "does this look familiar?" He about freaked out - it had been 38 years since he had seen it. I went back and found the place where I spotted the picture and got the guys name and city. With some work he found the guys phone number and called him - it turned out to still be the same guy that he sold it to 38 years ago! One thing led to another and we teamed up and bought it back! You see I had helped Jeff build it back when we were both just teenagers. After flushing the gas tank, Jeff got it running, but not well. I reset the timing and it was much better but pinged a bit. We figured out that the guy had jetted it for his 8,000 foot elevation home in Colorado and we live in So Cal at about 100 ft. so it's way too lean. So it's now at my place while I rejet the carb, tune up the old Mallory dual point dist and soon she be haulin ass like the good old days.
Now I just need to find my own old V8 LUV truck. The guy who had it last I knew of is on here, but I haven't been able to reach him. Does anyone know Jim Miller in Cadiz KY? If so let him know that this member of the Mini Truck Hall of Fame would love to have his old truck back. Here's a picture of it - Black 72, chop top, step side, Corvette rear end, 331" small block