There is something magical about finding a collection of old slides that have been long forgotten. These six came courtesy of Lorne Findlay (My Grandfather) and as always his contributions are much appreciated. I would guess the year of these slides to be 1985-86. You can see a young Vern Wellburn flashing up the Stanley boiler wearing his signature overalls. It also shows the Stanley with the original Presto-Light tank mounted on the running board and a folding rear seat!
The rear seat has been a point of controversy since I took ownership of the vehicle. Unfortunately it wasn't on the car when I picked it up and the seat back wasn't laying loose in the garage either. Judging by early photos I have since collected I assume that the seat back was a reproduction but it would have still been nice to have. I knew from talking with Vern that he had removed it because people would always want a ride and adding more passengers took away all the pep. I can understand his point and don't have any plans to put it back on.