After getting home and crawling under the truck (still in the trailer to this day), it was obvious it was in need of lots of help. Cab corners (mud and fiberglass), cowl to toe boards (mud and fiberglass and screwed in sheet metal patch), drivers door won’t shut (didn’t put it to specs before above mentioned work), bes torn in a few spots, rear fenders (mud and fiberglass).
All in all, I was glad I got another cab. It has a 235 in it now. It is partially swapped and looks useable but missing quite a bit.
So I decided if I was going to make this a project for me, I wanted a reliable daily driver and wanted to do the s10 swap. So now I needed to really make the wife mad and bring home another truck. (I actually bought the s10 before I got the '53 back). I found it at a junkyard for cheap, put in a new tumbler and key. It runs and drives great. Drove it for a few weeks to shake it down. Then stripped the body off.
