Bill Smutz's '60 & '64 Town Wagons

Status as of 20 Aug 97

I live in Brush Prairie, WA. I have a 1960 and a 1964 Town Wagon Power Wagon. I am (slowly) in the process of melding the two together to get one better truck than either one is individually. One of the major stumbling blocks that I have run into is getting the floor boards and body mounts reconstructed. I've never welded and finding someone willing to take on the task of fabricating something that will work has been trying.

So far I have completedly redone the brake system and the clutch system. I reupholstered the seats and tried to redo the broken springs in the driver's seat without much success. Fortunately the 1964 parts truck has good internals with the seat covers being trashed. I replaced the stock ignition with a Mopar Performance HEI distributor and coil (much better!). Both trucks have 318s and the 1960 has a Carter AFB four barrel. Also put 33 inch tires all around and had to replace broken front springs. So far it has been a fun truck and has always been there when I needed it to do some nasty work. Right now the clutch is gone on the 1960 and the starter solenoid is gone on the 1964. Also one of the alternators is toast so I've been swapping back and forth as needed.

Bill Smutz