Hi John, thanks for much needed advice to keep me on the right path. I'm trying to keep as much original as I can. Don't want it for 80 mph on the turnpike. I'd rather do the blue highways at the 45 to 54 mph that it is happy with. The GMC is a 1951 - and it is as old as I am. I have other trucks to get places fast and after driving it around the rural wisconsin countryside for the first time last summer I told the previous owner that I had to learn how to drive and wave at the same time since anyone in a farmyard or field seemed to feel the urge to wave at the truck. Here is a pic of the front end "jewels" after degreasing. The truck has little rust which is a relief after reading about some of the project trucks that some people are working on. Thanks again, Ricster
