Well, my waiting is over. The transport truck just delivered my 57 Chev LWB to me. I have been waiting almost a month for it to come to me in Florida fron S Dakota.
I live in a deed restricted sub division and wouldn't you know, 5 minutes after the truck pulled up to unload my 57 the neighbor came out and asked WHAT ARE YOU DOING in a rather unpleasent tone.I told her it is going inside my garage and she doesn't have to look at it.The president of the home owners association got two complaint calls within the first 5 minutes, before I got the truck unloaded. He came over and said his father-in-law restores old trucks at his shop and could he help me unload it into my garage! He told the 2 neighbors not to worry, it was going inside and they would not see it.(the truck looks a lot like Tow-Mader from Cars without the buck teeth).
It was on a carrier and had to be pushed backward off the transport. It doesn't run and the rear end locks up going forward. I got in the truck to steer it and the seat had been chewed to pieces by rats or squirrels and there was what looked like a rats nest in the glove box. The trucker gave it a push down the ramps. It took off about 10 miles per hour into my driveway going backwards and I had to turn it 90 degrees into the garage. In it went and uh oh, no brakes. I had figured that may happen so I checked the transmission first,and stuck it into gear to stop it before crashing through the garage wall.
So it is in the garage for now.I bought it from pictures on the internet.Boy, it looked better in the pictures, but it still is in solid shape.I think my estimated year to year & a half just went to 2 1/2 - 3 years for completion.
Bottom line- I have my truck, I am happy and I will have a blast restoring it.( if I knew how to attach photos to this I would. Help?)
