I have a '59 Apache LB 1/2 ton which I saw parked beside the road with a for sale sign on it. I knew it would be gone within a couple of hours so I called my wife and got her O.K. and called the number on the sign.
Seller was a 29 yr old archetect who had bought the truck in high school and babied it for more than ten years. He was selling it in preparation for getting married. When he signed over the title his eyes teared up. I understand.
It was never frame-off, but it had all re-forged leaf springs, a factory overhauled engine from a big shop in Tacoma, new brakes and lines, and all the rust spots treated with some ugly brown stuff. It looked like a bad cast of chicken pox.
Other than maintaining it, I have done very little. It is too much fun to just drive it.
