Projects Student bought a cool truck

One of our Diesel students showed up with this

 

One owner barn kept ride.
Him and his diesel instructor got it fired up.
He brought it to my shop and I gave him a clean up lesson

 

Missing a distributor hold down for the cap. I’ll grab him one from the house tonight.
Plans are to clean up, rebuild the brakes, tires and cruise.
Me and our automotive instructor told him to contact us with any issues getting it back on the road

 

Nice. Good to have a teacher like you.

 

Truck is as bout as rust free as you’ll find.
Needs a bath.
Bout passed out when he told me what he paid for it. Student said he’s been trying to buy is since he was about 10.

previous owner hooked him up.

 

235, small block, W engine? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

235.
Blue frame
3 on the tree. Told him I had a OD trans if he needs one and that a got a pile of gm 6 stuff

 

Nice !.... doesnt even need "restoring"

Looks like some hillbilly never got ahold of it

.

 

Very cool! Just needs lowered.

 

Farmer hauled cows regularly with it. Has a couple bull dents and had an altercation with a bush hog.
Even has a gun rack.
And the paint is almost perfect

 

Working on that. He’s gonna make it stop first.

he’s got the go part going his way now

 

Yea, stopping is important I guess.

 

Our diesel instructor retired. So we’ll pick up the slack if he needs help

 

Those turn lights on top of the front fenders are Cool ...

 

So spill it...so we can all snivel.

 

It was a 3 figure number

 

Yea, he stole it.

 

Yep. Even by my standards.

 

Me too and I am CHEAP!

 

Holy Crap! Did he go back to 1964 to buy it?

Great Score!

 

When you said the paint is about "perfect", I had to go back and look close cuz it's questionable what you mean by perfect.
You're right. Way too nice for you. LOL
Just giving you the business, Anthony. It's awesome. And you're a real good bad influence.

 

Good score, and for a "youngster", that's great!!!! I'd say that student gets an A+....and a gold star!!!!

 

Crap I’d like to shake the guys hand that sold him the truck.


The student already cruises an early 70s f100 that he’s done a ton of work on.

I guess we got one more youngun bit by the car bug.

 

Perfect is always relative and non existent

but it’s hard to beat honest old paint

 

Cool truck, and a real, intact rear bumper on it too, might be the most surprising thing. I'd like to see what it looks like all cleaned up and detailed.

 

I love honest old paint.

 

unmolested ! that's getting rare these days. had a 58 back when they were not worth anything. developed a rod knock in the six so I sold it for $800.00 around 1985.

 

Best thing is he'll infect others with the old car bug, driving that beauty.