I’m been a forum member for about 2 years and this is my first post. I want to start by saying thank you to all who have contributed to this forum through the years and have helped make it what it is! It has really helped me out.
I also thought I’d introduce myself and my Sweptline. My name is Wells and this is Evangeline.
Without going too deep into the story… In the 2000’s my dad was working up in Laramie trying to revive the old family business that my grandpa stared back in the 60’s; Albany Glass, a full-service glass shop. He found her sitting in a neighboring back lot and looking lonely and he told me it reminded him of his dad’s, my grandpa’s, 1st company truck: a 1968 Sweptline. Later grandpa added a 1970 Sweptiline to the company fleet and about the time my dad was finishing high school he was working for my grandpa and rolling around in these trucks.
So, back to Evangeline, my dad inquired about her and the owner didn’t think much of her saying, of all things, that the tailgate didn’t ever seem to work right. He said he’d let my dad have it if my dad would put a windshield in one of the other trucks in his fleet (+/- $200). My dad was happy with that offer. He used it for a glass service truck for a couple of years and the tailgate has never been an issue.
Albany Glass never really took off again and my dad ended up retiring down in Texas. He didn’t need a work truck anymore so passed me this truck. Now she’s a daily driver for me.
Nice truck.
