Just last week I began to restore my '64 and progress has been great.
The truck was my grandfathers, actually he HAD two, a 1964 & 1965, on Saturday I went up to the other ranch to try and collect some parts from the one that I wasn't restoring the '65, not knowing it's condition because I haven't seen it in 15 years..
Well, I arrived at the ranch, got to the truck and was actually mentally traumatized buy what I found.
There was not one body panel that had a space bigger than 2" that does not have a bullet hole in it.
The rear drive line is gone, the hood gone, somebody had shot their names in the doors (about 300 rounds) all fenders and the bed have been shot hundreds of times each.
somebody used a crowbar to pry the valve covers off to expose everything to the environment as well as smashing the carb to pieces, the radiator is full of more lead than copper\brass, all rims are gone,the front fenders had been smashed\jumped on until they deformed and tore... maybe I should tell you what I COULD salvage:
I got an ignition switch, a door lock with three bullet holes in the arm, two window roll-up handles, one interior door handle, a voltage regulator, an amazingly bullet free grill, the tailgate chains, and a top and bottom radiator support bracket, and part of a hood latch and the bumpers are still in good condition (I will go back for these later).
This is all on a vehicle which when left out on the ranch had a rebuilt engine 500 miles previously before parking in the 90's
Just want to say that people make me sick, I don't know what their problem is and why anyone would instill such devastation in a vehicle someone else owns.
Guess this is the end of letting idiot people hunt on the farms\ranches and the end of a beautiful old truck.
I assume some of the engine internals\transmission MIGHT be salvageable but,...I'm guessing that my poor little truck is in it's last resting place, having offered up all it had to give, all because we chose to park it somewhere it was visible from the road\by hunters.
BASTIDS!
sorry for the rant.
Thanks for a good reference site for us old Chevy\GMCfans.
Tal
