READERS'RIDES W
hen Patrick R. Meyer rolls up to businesses or upscale homes in
Appleton, WI, his clients know PR-Fect Lawn Services take a lot of pride in their work just by looking at the pickup pulling the equip- ment trailer. "As you can see we do it 'old
school'," says Meyer. "This is our ev-
eryday 1976 Chevrolet Scottsdale C-20. It has the original 350 V-8 in front of the original Turbo 400 tranny. She's got 156K on the clock
By Bruce W. Smith
now with little more than a quick valve job, and a replace- ment carburetor to keep it PR-Fect." Meyer and company maxi-
mized storage with a home-built bed rack and storage basket, a UWS cross-over truck box with a matching UWS truck bed tool box with drawers, and a behind-the- seat Dee-Zee cab organizer. The classic Chevy's bed is lined with Herculiner to keep things
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from slipping around and prevent the bed from rusting, notes Meyer. The Scottsdale also runs on
1-ton rear leaf springs, and it's had a Draw-Tite hitch added to pull PR-Fect's trailers. Meyer says they get OEM
replacement parts from Brothers Trucks.Com and Classic Parts Truck Parts of America.
That's also where they get parts
for the company's "winter service" truck – a '78 Chevrolet C-20. But PR-Fect Lawn Services
(pr-fectlawn.com) fl eet isn't all old iron according to Meyer: "We also have one of those 2008 Chevy Silverados, for Sunday fancy go- to-meeting trucks.
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