Hey guys, no updates on my truck in the project section as I'm still waiting for my prerunner to sell, but a different update came up that I'm pretty excited about. I found the original owners manual for my 1970 F100 tucked way back in the glove box that I didn't see before. It is still in awesome shape. I looked up the dealer info after seeing it was sold to a Frank Wood Tire, inc., of El Toro, CA. It was sold by Bill Corwin Ford of Orange, CA. That's pretty cool, but the REALLY cool part is that as stated in my build thread, I'm doing a WWII bomber/fighter themed build. Why is that cool? Well, Bill Corwin happened to be, as stated in his obituary I found, "A pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Starting in 1942 he served for 14 months in Alaska. He flew the first airplane into the island of Adak while it was still occupied with enemy Japanese troops, for this he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross" - See more at:
http://obits.ocregister.com/obituaries/ ... bEhjO.dpuf
I thought this was just awesome and meant to be. I'm a Marine Corps veteran that was stationed in Camp Pendleton, CA, and stuff like this excites me as I also happen to love WWII history.
Now the favor is for someone-- anyone to help me get in contact with Eloise Corwin (survived at time of obituary in 2006), his daughter Catherine, or son Bill. I'd really like to show them this and also I would love to include a decal of "Bill Corwin Ford - Orange, CA" on the truck or something similar to honor this man and where the truck came from. Lots of history just from this truck I happened to get. Not sure if it would be significant to them or not, but I know it would make me happy to see something like this from the past.
If anyone can help out with this, that would be great! I'll do some tracking down of my own, but either way, thought I'd share.
Thanks guys!
