History

    I am the third owner of this C3-PW Power-Wagon; purchased in June of 2003. Bruce, the second owner bought it in 1977 when he was 17 years old. He put about 10,000 miles on the truck and used it for a lawn mowing business, hauling firewood, and general transportation. The plow rig shown in some of the pictures was a hand pumped hydraulic unit with hand angle adjustment. It would be neat to have an old plow setup like that now but it's long gone. The truck originally had 9.00x16 NDT tires but as seen in the pictures were swapped for 7.50x16 with better tread. The spare, however, is still a 9.00x16 NDT. Bruce and his father repainted the truck in 1981 and kept the original color scheme, red with black fenders. A few years ago Bruce started to disassemble the truck (see below bed pictures) with the intention of fixing it up but didn't have the time to devote to the project. I am very grateful to Bruce for keeping the truck in good condition under cover all these years, for selling it to me, and for sharing these neat pictures!
   The original owner, Farrell & Gregory of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, bought the truck new and had it set up as a welding truck. They fabricated and installed the rear bumper shown in some of the pictures. Bruce remembers talking to some of the workers at the time he bought the truck. None of them wanted to use the truck because it was so slow! It sat in the back of one of their buildings until Bruce bought it. See below picture of a couple of Massachusetts registrations from 1973 and 1974.
   Fred Lantz of Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Fred wrote an article about his own truck, Truck Number 11, in the April 2003 issue of Power Wagon Advertiser) was kind enough to do some research on Farrell & Gregory. Fred remembers the truck when Farrell & Gregory owned it and always wondered what happened to it. The company was in the steel fabrication business and also owned several huge cranes. Their original building is still standing on East Street. Fred was able to talk to one of the owners, Mike Gregory. Mike did remember owning the truck, that it was red with black fenders, and had a welder mounted in the back. Unfortunately, he said all the business records and any photographs were destroyed after the business closed in 1981. I am very grateful to Fred for taking the time to do this research. At the very least it's nice to have the historical link between Fred and my truck.

August1978 October1978-1 October1978-2 January1979-1 January1979-2 January1979-3 June1979
             
November1979 September1981 March1982-1 March1982-2 Summer1982 Bed1 Bed2
             
   
Bed3 Bed4 Bed5 Bed6 MassRegistration73-74    
             

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