I bought this truck from South Carolina in 2001, right at the border of North Carolina. I won her off of eBay with only a few pictures. She looked straight in the pictures without major rust. Rust is all you see in old trucks here on Long Island. Being surrounded by seawater and the salted roads in the winter causes all kinds of problems here!
I flew down to my folks in NC, drove 1.5 hours to buy her. I drove her to their house, picked up a U-haul the following day, and trailered her 11 hours up to Long Island.
She is completely original except for her paint, tires, etc. I painted her to get her out of the grey primer she was dressed in. It took me a few years to find the original hood as the original owner (I bought her from the nephew of the original owner) exchanged the hood for a 63-66 model. I also replaced the bed since it was rotted.
She is a little tired now. I need to rebuild the transmission since I lost the sink in 3rd. So the only sink I have is reaching 2nd gear! The engine is giving me problems at 110,000 miles (I have a post up for this). Since this is 1 of 3 trucks, I hope I can find the time to work on her.
The one thing I need to do is give her a name. Does anyone have any ideas?
Here are the eBay pics a couple of her getting home from South Carolina back to Long Island... It was this trip that gave me an appreciation for truck drivers and what they have to do to tackle the up and downgrades, along with other drivers who get in the way of that process. Eventually, I found a big rig to follow, which made the trip a whole lot more enjoyable. I would often be woken up at the rest stops with everyone looking at the truck. That trip was one for the bucket list....
Thanks to everyone at this site for helping me keep her alive!
Last edited by Bornco; 09/20/202510:55 PM. Reason: Added pics
