Hey Cuse -- and all the other relatively new guys -- Welcome to the Stovebolt Page! If you have any ideas, suggestions or comments about the site, please don't hestitate to let Peggy or I know (If it involves work, let Peggy know. If it involves sitting around drinking beer, that's my department
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I'm with Alvin. I started the frame-off resto on my big '49 in July, 2000. I currently have a rolling frame with a juiced up brake system. Not exactly blistering progress, but manageable. I went through a couple of stages (as the folks here will tell you) of just wanting to give up and sell the pieces. But Somebody told me the same thing Gene4145 and Alvin are telling you.
If you have the patience and can stand not driving the truck for a while, settle in for a long-term process. Once you make that mental adjustment, and keep looking for stuff, you'll be amazed at what comes along to help you (like pristine cabs on junked trucks that a friend of a friend says needs to go -- just watch out for friend of a friend deals...)
Anyway, if you want to bail out, that's fine. If deep down, you really don't want to, that's fine too -- we're here to help either way.
There are still other trucks out there, as well as all the parts you need -- you just have to keep your eyes open/feelers out and be ready to make a roadtrip at a moment's notice.
In this game, the key is patience. Quality parts either cost money or time/patience (sometimes both) -- which one do you have more of?
Good luck and don't forget we're here to help. Go read some of the Saga's or a Roadkill or two (if you really want that kind of intellectual abuse) for some stimulation/motivation. And look through the Gallery, too. Lots of us have been where you are.
Regards,
John
