I'm still trying to get everything wrapped up on the 66.
In the mean time; I still keep thinking about things I want to do with my 65.
Back when I first bought it, it was a longbed fleetside.
But when I wrecked it in 84, I built it back up as a shortbed stepside.
Earlier this year I ran across an ad on craigslist of a guy needing to get rid of some 66 truck parts.
He had a cab with a 3-speed auto column, and a couple longbed fleetside bed sides, and some other stuff.
The column interested me, but as a package deal, I grabbed quite a bit of the stuff along with the two bedsides.
Since then, I've been mildly banging around the idea of also building a shortbed fleetside.
Today I acquired more for the idea.
An older fella was parting out his totalled 65.
I went to look at it a few weeks back, and saw a few things I might like, but nothing that grabbed my attention.
Later that evening, he called asking if I'd be willing to help him tear away all the damaged front,
and get the motor freed up to start for a potential buyer.
He asked if I'd to it in exchange for parts. I said sure.
So, the short story is, I have all I need but the wood to build a fleetside bed.
I'll put this stuff away for a possible future project.
The Tailgate is blasted and primed - very straight with only a couple small dings.
The bed front is also clean.
One fender well has a little rot.
The bed strips are stainless steel.
This worked out well for him also, he sold the motor and tranny today.
I'm happy, and he's happy.
Here's some pics:
