I say do both, you will most likely need a truck to use while you are restoring the '65 anyway. You do not necessarily need to buy new one though. There are lots of trucks that are coming off of leases, and a lot of people are learning that trucks are harder to park, don't always fit in the garage and use more gas. Besides, with all of them that have been sold over the last few years, there should be a lot of good deals out there in the 3 to 5 year old models. If you do your research, and buy carefully, you should be able to recoup most of your money, if you decide to sell it in a year or two. (Thats if you take care of it).
Once you get the '65 finished, you can then decide on whether to keep them both. Whatever you do, I would advise you to hang on to the '65, even if you do not start the restore right away.


~ J Lucas
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