Not in an open bed. It'll never happen with today's government regulators. Personally, I don't think that's a seat, but more likely some type of storage.
The aesthetics of this truck doesn't bother me like most of the others.
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But the interior...
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And I know @Zorba agrees and will join me in the hatred of this thing.
I like the '67 Marlin as a one-year-only oddity, but in my eyes, it looks too much like other fastbacks to come from Ford/Mercury. The '65/'66 Marlins are gorgeous vehicles, in my eyes. I have a teal '66 in my garage (major project) with a '65 Ambassador front clip welded on. I'll finish it...eventually...
Not sure that I agree with you on the 250 leading to the 290 through 401 engines. The Gen-2 AMC V8 was a completely different animal, altogether. The 250 co-existed with the 327, and the 287 filled the small displacement needs of the buying public when the 250 was dropped in the early '60s. I've even read some (very old) magazine articles of racers putting the 250 heads on 327 blocks for the increased compression. However, I'm sure there's more to it than I remember, as for one, the 250 ran solid lifters, and the 327 ran hydraulics. (*Interesting side note: Many Mopar engines use the same hydraulic lifter as the 287/327 AMC engines).
I have two aluminum block 196 engines in my garage. One is an average-milage runner, and the other has all new internals and a rebuilt head, just waiting for reassembly. The aluminum blocks were built from '61 through '64, and were only used in the Classic models. They were never available in the Americans, or the Ambassadors. Also, at one point in time, there were three variations of the 196 (195.6) engines available at the same time. There was the flathead, the cast-iron OHV, and the aluminum OHV. Talk about variety!
We need to see some pictures of your garage!! Is it any smaller than Jay Leno's?
I guess it all depends , since your a nice guy and don't seem to be a doushbag , I am good with some " projects " around the place.
It is funny how the " standards" we apply to folks, neighbors, coworkers etc. seem so arbitrary.
Most folks would secretly be ok with a child/wife abuser next door as long as they have a nice house and yard!
Besides none of my neighbors have a Vicky beside their garage.
I guess your my kind of weird Squatch.
I have 3.5 vehicles stored in a 30x30 two-bay garage, plus all of my other crap, and I still have room to work.
It wasn't roadworthy when I got it, which is why I got it for a good price, but I did drive it up and down the road for a few years. Now she's been abandoned in my shed for 10 years and looking bad. I dragged her out in this pic to start working on it, only to find the mice had done some significant damage, so I had to roll her back in for now.
