Barn Find

1937 ford truck rescued after 55 years!

- By Steven Rupp. Photographs by Bill Wyckoff

Have you ever hidden away some cash and forgotten all about it, only to find it years later? Well, that’s Bill Wyckoff’s story, but instead of cash it was the 1937 Ford truck that he cruised in during high school. “Fifty-five years ago, I parked my high school ride (a 1937 Ford) in an old barn behind my parents’ home,” Bill told us.

“I had pulled the motor for rebuild, but otherwise it was still complete. Time flies, and the truck sat in the old barn becoming a home for various critters. My oldest son had been after me for some time to start work on rebuilding the truck since we had done several such projects for my grandsons.