Mom told Audrey one day that she had sold dad's K-6. Audrey really liked that truck and had thought it would be around forever. She had some of her senior pictures taken with the truck so we headed up to take a few "last shots". Grandma redeemed herself a little because she presented Audrey with the shift knob from the truck as well as a little history booklet with pictures. Below is an excerpt:
"When your grandpa first brought this truck home, I cannot say for sure. Great-Grandpa Walter Gramlow was a mechanic for Pacific Fruit here in Spokane and he probably let your Grandpa know it was for sale. The Pacific Fruit delivery trucks had a van and for many years that is how your Grandpa used it. He would deliver produce to the produce houses in Spokane. There was Pacific Fruit, Spokane Vegetable Growers, Peirone, Keiner and Produce Supply as well as a couple of grocery stores. It was the delivery van for many years and the field trucks were the farm pickups. About the time we leased Calkins Airport for the carrot field was when Grandpa put the hydraulic flatbed on the K-^. He used off the shelf hydraulic components, but fabricated the bed himself. It then became one of the field trucks that followed the Carrot harvester and brought the carrots up to the packing house. About that time we also repainted it the green color that it is to this day. The K-6 and a 1968 1-Ton Chev pickup that he also put a hydraulic lift and built a bed for were the field trucks for many years. Your Great Grandpa Hastings drove for us, but always drove the Chev."
