Just want to share my Grandfather's truck-a 63 C10. I'm in my mid-forties and I remember driving with my grandfather as a very young child. He was not the original owner, but he kept it in a barn in Petaluma California and just used it for "going into town". It was a second vehicle for him and my grandmother so it did not get a ton of use. I never got the details on who he purchased the truck from-would have loved to understand the history of it a little better-I do know it was local to the Petaluma California area.
I remember it stopped working as a teenager and my grandfather said it had a hole in the block and did not run. I'm guessing a thrown rod?
My father and uncle (a professional mechanic) replaced the engine about 18 years ago after my grandfather passed away (about 10k miles ago). It has a straight six and three on the column. My father passed away a few years ago and I had the truck shipped out to where I live-Maryland. I've had in my garage for a few years-only drive it during the summer. Runs like a top! Luckily it's always had a roof over its head and it's never seen a salty road. My father (a professional carpenter) put a cover of plywood over the wood in the back. He said it was in great shape and just wanted to protect it. He told me to make sure I use a penetrating oil to protect wood-I put on the oily coat every year. The boards look good from under the truck. I have the original "wide" side mirrors but I took them off for now so it fits in my garage a little better.
It's funny because my dad told me not to baby the truck because it's "just a work truck". I take care of it like it's a million-dollar Ferrari! It amazes me how sturdy it is. The metal is so thick compared to today's vehicles. It has just a little rust on the back of the front quarter panels-everything else is just surface rust-it's amazing to me.
Let me know if you guys want to see additional pictures of something specific.
