Originally posted by NM51:
As I'm getting to the end of restoring my '51 1/2 ton the first two things that come to my mind, looking at your truck are:
1- Sounds like fun!
2- Sounds like tons of work and cashola to do right (i.e. 8 hours a day for 6 months or 1,000 hours plus a good 15-20k in parts)
Another couple of thoughts-
Is that an original stakebed? Looks nice!
The body panels all look pretty straight, I wonder if there is rust in the cowls, cab corners, floor board/toe board/kick panel area?
Wow! Does that sucker have a 2=spd rear axel & hydraulic lift for the bed?
I bet its got power brakes, but power steering? I bet its a pain to turn that thing so I'll have to put in power steering along with the bigblock.
Then I think of my first two comments again.
Have fun!
For Toyvo: I just used a link to my pics in photobucket. Goes like this [ img ]
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/damronjr/misc/1f40742d.jpg [ /img ] Just get rid of ALL the extra spaces in there.
As far as the truck goes, it does sound like fun and I'm expecting to find little "surprises" and the like, but I don't plan this to be a quick resto, just something fun to mess around with. I have a 2004 Pontiac Vibe right now that I am tinkering with, but I need to quit screwing with my daily driver and love old cars. I saw this truck for the first time in years last time I was home and fell in love! Not sure he will let me get it though, so I have to talk to him when I get back there in a couple of weeks to visit my mom. Power steering will most likely have to be done as you suggested. Like I said, unless I land a well paying job or winning lottery numbers, it will be something that I just do what I can when I can with.
