Hey all,
finally got her home yesterday... a rough but restorable '53. I have been reading up on these trucks a bunch thanks to this site. There's a lot of great info here. The plan is for a frame up resto-mod.
License plate on the truck says 1975, so that may be close to the last time it ran before it was parked, and whoever worked on it last left the spark plugs out and oil cap off... so the old 216 is seized up pretty good. The frame is excellent and body is decent, except for the front fenders (to be replaced).
I want to keep everything stock except for a drivetrain swap, likely a 350/th350 combo for budget reasons. Here are a few pics, before I start teardown.
Bed is missing in the pics but he threw in a bed from what looks to be a later model, maybe from the 60's so maybe i'll sell it or swap for the correct one.
looks like I'll be testing out my sheetmetal welding skills!
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