[66 C10 383]

Originally Posted by AcampoDave

I have also rebuilt my truck with original parts. For me, it was part economics and part desire to keep it all Chevy. I decided to forgo making the parts "good as new" and went instead for "good enough" this saved a lot of time and money striving for pefection, and provided for a solid finished job that should last for the rest of my driving lifetime. To quote an elderly man I once knew," There comes a time in life when paying all the extra money for a 40 year roof just doesn't make sense." We're talking trucks here, but the point has some validity all the same. If it lasts 2/3 as long as it did the first time around, then all is well for me.

I am EXACTLY at this point now. My truck will never look perfect since I don't have the time, talent, or money, to get it to that point. The cab has rust-thru over the windshield that needs fixed ... or I can patch it the best I can and drive it till I CAN get it fixed properly.

I'd like to box/brace the frame before I drop in my motor. But it's going to be a daily street driver and will never see the kinds of performance that the mods are made to withstand.

I was thinking on the way to work this morning, just get the thing running and drivable and do what you can, when you can. At least you're driving and enjoying it instead of suffering over making it perfect. I'm 53 years old now, I can't take 5 years to build this truck so someone else can enjoy my toil after I'm too old to drive it ...