Thanks for the welcome. What I know about the truck is basically that one fellow bought it about thirty years ago from the original owner. He had it about fifteen years, took it apart and started working on it and buying parts. He apparently then lost his workspace and sold it. The fellow I bought it from purchased the project from the second owner about fifteen years ago, did a few odds and ends and then....lost his workspace so put it up for sale. I bought it a couple months ago. Hopefully I'll be able to carry on and get it back together. I'd like to put it back pretty close to original.
It is a deluxe model, all the stainless trim is with it as well as the hood ornament, model numbers for the hood, etc. Ashtray, clock and interior visors are all in the several boxes that came with it. The cab is mostly surface rust but the firewall, interior and bed show mostly the original dark green along with the lighter green dash etc. It came with a cab visor as well that appears to be the same dark green and vintage as the rest of the truck. The guy I bought the truck from thought the visor was original to it, but I don't know. Somewhere along the line the original 248 was removed and the truck currently has a '58 to '62 Chev truck 235 in it and the four speed. Coincidentally the same week I bought the truck I came across a 302 GMC out of a '54 dump truck, I'm going to put that in it eventually.
PS, it's an Oakland, Ca manufactured truck according to the id plate.
That's about it, more questions to come, thanks again.
