We jump ahead a couple of years and find that Ken's once run-of-the-mill Corvair 95 Rampside is developing a personality all its own. Aside from the primer paint and the multi-colored paint scheme, there's something interesting going on amidships.

Yes, that's a small block Chevy engine buddied up to a radiator behind the cab. It isn't obvious at first that there is a source of cooling air, made possible by the removal of the stock gas tank and Ken's inventiveness. We'll take a closer look a little later.

Ken was doing some body work and experimenting with color at this stage of the build.

At right is an early photo of the engine, transmission and cooling system. A 3-core radiator is backed up by an electric fan. The source of the rad's cooling air will be shown a little later on. I promise!

A fabricated cross member and engine mount bolts to the truck's frame rails and supports the engine at its stock motor mount locations.

The Turbo-Hydramatic 350 transmission was scavenged from a 1972 Chevy pickup truck.

At the delivery end of the set-up, we find a 1984 Corvette independent rear suspension (IRS) with 3.07:1 gears. The transverse left spring and sway bar can be seen under the housing. An under-vehicle view comes later.

The battery box and a gas tank from a Chevy S-10 pickup are located behind the IRS.

That's an electric Carter fuel pump in the lower left hand corner of the photograph.