The Saga of the 68 Chevy Truck Continues

My post earlier this evening was titled, "Tears." I've got the kind that I don't really enjoy...the reality has set in that I'm selling my '68 Pickup.

It's on Craigslist here in Bend as of this evening.

I'm so bummed!

Earlier today I spoke with the guy who built the thing to what it is now. He used to have a 454 engine in the thing. He also averaged less than five miles to the gallon. OUCH! So now the thing has a 305 with an Edelbrock 1400 Performance EGR 600 carburetor. That means, "vroom, vroom." Wow does that thing go! On top of that, only 1000 miles on the engine.

This truly is a sad day...

The window of opportunity to sell it before my brother-in-law comes to get it is only a couple of weeks (yes, if I don't sell it in that time, he can have it for what I have in it - he's my brother-in-law). When that happens, any profit goes out the window...but I'll still get to see it again.

I wonder if he'll let me drive it?

So my oldest is desperately trying to sell the truck (as mentioned in a previous post), of which said profit I will gladly split with him. Frankly at 17 he is a "needy child" and will probably get most of the money from the sale of the truck anyway; so why not make him work for it?

Still, I wonder if my brother-in-law will let me drive it?

This weekend we celebrate Resurrection Day, also known as Easter. It is the day that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. He said it would happen, well, before it happened. He said something else was going to happen in the future too - that He is coming again. I'm looking forward to that happening. All of that means that there is a window of opportunity right now to be ready for that event to take place. If we're not ready, there will be no profit in it for you or I.

Oh yes, all of that "streets of gold" stuff that the Bible talks about? I'll get to drive on that. Wonder if heaven will have '68 Chevy Pickups?