[Ledslinger]

Looked at procurement information by the original purchaser in my file, it says after competitive bids, the purchase was made on July 26, 1961 to Mountain Motors in Lander Wyoming. Delivery was to a Columbia Missouri GMC dealer.

If new model rollout was around the beginning of September, that only left about a month left of the 1961 model year for an order made in late July. So it could have been made in September and was actually a 1962. It could also have been that the university licensing process wasn't as official as a normal private purchase, which could have contributed to mistakenly calling it a 1961. If it is mistakenly a 1962 model year truck called a 1961.

The owner's manual is dated 9-1961, which if original suggests September or later delivery, which could further indicate 1962 model year.

It makes sense they had it delivered to Columbia, Missouri to the university, instead of to Lander, Wyoming where the field camp is, because the field camp season was over, and there was no reason to have a new truck sit out there all winter.

Interestingly, the head of the Geology Department that oversaw the purchase in 1961, his statement was part of the affidavit to procure a title when I bought it in 1978.