i bought a 66 last year as a winter driver while i re worked my corvette and found myself having more fun with the truck than the vette. i drive mine every day and it does fine even in the iowa winter. not a hot rod by any means ( 6 cylinder with 3 speed on the floor )but very reliable and extremely simple to work on. look up LMC Truck on the web and you will be amazed. you can practically build a whole truck from the cataloge. i am currently putting in a 350 with automatic only because i want to do highway cruising to shows and what not. i say go for it. there is a ton of knowledge on this forum and the group of people here are great help.