Newport66. Seams that you have knowledge on how much black soot would land on the bed railz, fenderz, and T-Gate on the '78+'79 LRs, lol. Friend of mine and I did a 5 day run from Topeka to Little Rock, to Springfield and back to Topeka in '91 in hiz '78. DOEZ ANYBODY AMONG ALL OUR FREINDZ HERE KNOW THAT THEIR'S A ROADHOUSE ON THE ARKANSAS-OKLAHOMA LINE WEST OF MENA WHERE YOU CAN DRINK YOUR BEER IN ARKANSAS AND PEE IN OKLAHOMA UNDER THE SAME ROOF, LOL. TRUE, I CAN'T MAKE THIS KINDA STUFF UP. I almost bought that '78 from My Pal 'til I spent half a day helping him clean all the black crap off the back half of that Little Red. Shesh, Still like the '78 Widdow Twuckz 'tho. Jer --- OOPZ, THE MIND IZ NOT THE 1ST THING TO GO BUT? TULSA WAZ THE 1ST STOP ON THAT JUNKET, sbt