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Red Green-

It all depends on how much time you can spend each day or week, and how much work your truck needs. I've been working on this truck for a year but havn't had time to turn a wrench in about 10 weeks, and there have been a couple of other long breaks along the way.

Part way through my project I decided to replace the cab and fenders. So I had to look for those and then waited 6+ weeks to get them back from the sandblaster.

Once you get the engine back it shouldn't take you too long if you don't have to do any body work. Once I got the engine back from the machine shop I spent a couple of weekends putting it together slowly, measuring everything, platigauging all the bearings, etc... Then painting the engine and getting everything to fit just right took time. Once the engine is together getting into the truck and getting it running doesn't take too long. What takes time is all the little details.

The more work I do, the more I admire the rolling restored and rods out there!