This month’s “car of the month” is Larry Caplan’s 1940 Pick-up.  Larry purchased the truck in the mid 1990s at the Car Swap meet at the Rose Bowl.  From this point he began its 13 Year one man restoration. This was an amazing task as Larry did all of the restoration of the mechanics, body work, paint, and interior by himself. Larry also did the research in areas that were in question to make sure that they correct to factory specifications. The entire truck was restored as a “Dealer Demonstrator”. This means this is how a truck would be delivered to a dealership from the factory to be used as a reference for customer purchase.

  Larry’s research paid off, as the truck upon its completion, was entered into judging at the Early Ford V-8 National Meet at Temecula Ca. It received a perfect score.  A few years later, it was again entered in the National Meet at Thousand Oaks. Ca. where it again received a perfect score.

Congratulations to Larry on his effort. (More to come on Larry’s other cars in future issues of the Drivelines.)

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