So finally today I got started on my truck! I am so excited for this! The first thing I did was to really evaluate the truck. In doing so I found some interesting clues. I knew my truck came from Montana and I suspected it was some kind of governemt work truck based on the roof mount for a orange light. Underneith the truck was caked with tar and concrete. It was old enough I got alot of it off but it makes me think that it could have been a DOT truck working on road construction in the 50's... Ofcourse its just speculation. Still fun.
I then cleaned out the cab since it was full of parts. I bled the brakes, cleaned out the fuel tank, and put on some tires that held air.
While in grad school I was away and I took what I could to work on. That was dash parts. Here is what I started with.
and here is what I finished with.
The primer was just so no rust would transfer to my newly restored guages.