I was looking on Craigslist last weekend for some building materials and stumbled across a rather benign posting for a yard sale. It listed a few odds and ends and mentioned a 1964 chevy pickup, and that was it.
On a whim I drove out to where the yard sale was, looked around at the stuff laying on the driveway for sale and glanced around looking for the "chevy truck"
The owners 10 year old son asked me, "hey mister do you wanna buy an old truck?" and I replied, well maybe, what kind of an old truck.
The kid took me in the back yard and there it was: An almost 100% original 1964 C10 shortbed stepside. It was parked 7 or 8 years ago and was awaiting it's owners decision to keep it or sell it.
The original owner is an 89 year old gentleman that purchased the truck brand new in Arizona and eventually gave it to his son who is the one I bought it from. It has 115,000 miles and the motor was rebuilt at 100K miles.
I asked what he wanted to get for it and was kicking the tires and looking it over when someone else started asking questions and I knew right then I had to buy it or lose it. I forked over the $3000. asking price, called a tow truck and took it home.
I haven't touched it yet, don't even know if it runs. There is a straight 6 with a 3 speed on the column shift. The body is 100% straight, never been wrecked, not even a dent. It was repainted and it will be repainted again.
I am not a mechanic so expect a lot of new guy questions while I undertake the transformation from dreamer to doer and start this project.
I hope that in a year or less it will be a daily driver and I might even take it on the Route 66 Fun Run next year.
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Congrats!