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Martin Scarr had the following to say about his recently-acquired Rampside:
"I was given some old registration papers when I bought the Rampside, dating back to the early '70s. At that time, it was owned by an auto agency in Portland, OR called Lyman Slack Motors. On the registration cards it has the word "parts" penciled in: Was this a parts runner for them? I'll have to take a look at a PDX phone book and see if Lyman Slack Motors is still in business.
Lyman Slack Motors apparently sold it to a Paul Zehner, also of Portland, in late '76. He sold it to a Jonathan Hoeye, of Corvallis, OR in early '79. It was then sold to Bill Guthrie, who lived in Albany, OR in early '83.
Bill Guthrie and Herb Martin are good friends, and have been for a long time. Bill eventually moved to Redding, CA, where he was very active in Shasta Corvairs (now defunct according to Bill?). Bill took the Rampside to Redding along with him; I don't know when. Bill is 60 years old, and a few years ago decided to reduce his fleet of Corvairs down to 3 (so far he's down to 5). The Rampside was offered to Herb, and he accepted. I went with Herb to pick it up in August of 1999, since I have a car trailer. On the drive home, a deal was made and the Rampside became mine (Herb has 6 Rampsides currently).
I am building an engine for it, using a long-stroke truck block. I hope to get it running and drivable this year (2001)."
Martin will be sending some pictures soon!
Information from the data plate
Description |
Description |
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5Z60AA |
Custom equipment, fawn interior |
5538AC |
Dark blue, two-tone |
none |
N/A |
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