Thanks. It's kind of a long, somewhat stupid/puzzling story. But to make a long story short(er), it was never really a good truck, but it most always got where it was going, so it's stuck around. My father also started having money problems, and ended up getting a good '66 from his dad, so he parked this one. I found a cheap parts truck with good mechanicals to put it back together "right" for myself a few weeks ago and the story goes on.
And here's the photobucket album, sorry.
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