Blazers and a Willys Jeep Station Wagon

Reid Campbell saw these units in Vermont: "Some high school stories to go with these. 40 years ago in high school a friend had a first year Blazer with a straight six and a 3 speed along with 4 wheel drive. New England winters had dissolved a lot of the body but it would still pull hard on dirt roads in the state forest where we went to engage in activities far from the disapproving eyes of our elders.
The Willys brings back a memory of looking at a early 50's one that I found in the swap ads. The guy was asking $500 but realistically would have probably taken anything to get it out of the yard so his wife would stop complaining. It had a later mid 50's Willy's F-head 6, where they took the flathead and to up grade it on a shoe string added a head so the intake valve was in the head and the exhaust valve was in the block. It was advertised as non running but I was hesitant to buy it if the block was frozen. After an initial look I went back with a friend a some tools, gas and a six bolt battery. We got it to spin on the battery. If I was older and had the wisdom of age I would have stopped then. Unfortunately we then decided to pour some gas down the carb while it turned and it started running. Suddenly this cheap Willy's wagon was with much more and the price was now out of reach of a high school kid earning $3.27 an hour. Lesson learned the hard way.