Well just wanted to close this out w/ a drive report. Although it took FOREVER (Dallas to Tyler, 77 miles and 1.5 hours, Tyler to Dallas on backroads, 4.5 hours
though we did stop for lunch) it was great fun. Had 2 offers to buy it at gas stations and lots of thumbs up.
The truck drives great and hardly uses oil at all, although you can see there is a leak on the right side of the valve cover. Need a new gasket I guess. Also looks like the carb is leaking a little fuel, so I'll need to get that rebuilt (sigh). I have a radiator hose leak that happened suddenly and the linkage is stuck in 1st..but at least it happened after I got home and showed it off. The guy friends are all drooling over it. They even offered to 'help work on it' lol. I am going to see if I can't look in the shift box and fix this. Also there is no parking brake and the left hand window crank keeps falling off.
Despite these issues, I'm the happiest girl in the world. I keep stepping out on the porch to look at it parked out front, and I'm sure the neighbors think I'm a giant dork
My FIL is green with jealousy and talks wistfully of his 54 and 48.
I just can't wait till i can drive it to work and show the fellas what a truck should look like
Thanks for all the support, I truly appreciate each one of you.
