actually, I enjoy body work if the conditions are right. Meaning that I'm not tying to cover a terrible crinkled dent, just smoothing out light surface problems, or (really) installing patch panels. I like the feeling of working then standing back and seeing what I've done, a feeling I got when building houses but not so much when I was teaching high school chemistry and physics. It takes too long to see the results of your work in that situation.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur (
https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.
Tim
