[LILRED66]

I personally enjoy the challenge of finding NOS or good OEM parts to restore these trucks. Anyone that has seen my trucks or visited my shop and seen my inventory of good, used parts knows how difficult it is to locate these items.

Although I thoroughly enjoy this site, I see I am in the minority when it comes to choices/preferences. I owned and drove these trucks when I was a teenager and have loved them since, at the ripe old age of 43.

At the end of the day, I find it very rewarding, to pump the life back into an old barn find or a run-down daily driver and see it in its original glory days. I enjoy looking at all the builds and know it takes a great deal of knowledge, experience, confidence and money to build some of these projects, but I notice when I go to shows many of the trucks are relatively similar.

None of my projects have ever wowed anyone, except the preservationist-types, so maybe I need to lurk in the back-ground and cater to the builders looking for good, used OEM parts, needed to preserve their truck to original or near original specs.