i found my truck!!!

[hewlett2002000]

I know its been a while but im coming back. i went with a buddy to look at a 60 apache hes buying and we were talking to the guy. he said "if yall like these trucks i have a complete one sitting in the barn. we went and looked and it is an all original 65 lwb small back window that has been sitting there for only god knows how long. NO RUST to be found. not even in the fenders. 230 3 on the tree. he said the engine was rebuilt a few hundred miles before parking it but that was probably 30 years ago. it has a dent on the drivers side rear of the bed but it is fixable. a dent where the door check broke and it hit the fender on the drivers side. and a small dent at the lower portion of the drivers fender. the interior is all original as is the exterior. he pulled a trailer load of pipe in the barn in front of it and a pipe went through the windsheild and into the seat. but did no other damage. it comes with a new windsheild. he even brought out the original blue title. and the asking price is ......

$1200

i couldent believe it. i told him it would be a month or so and he just said put $100 down and its mine. i cant wait. i tried to take some pics with my phone but it was dark. ill post pics when i get it. any ideas on how to unseize the more than likely seized 230? lol
glad im back.
thanks,
John

[Woogeroo]

sweeeeeet!

-W

[Chevy Fleetside]

Put Trans fluid in the cylinders and let it soak in. Turn it by hand. Heck it may not even be frozen.

[LILRED66]

Pictures...pictures...pictures. Nice score and congrats!

[bobcostas]

Gotta love barns

[protrash64]

Cool !!! Looking forward to seeing the new one.

[aerotruk63]

Dam, now you`ll have to change your signature........or at least modify it!!!!!

[Real_McCoy]

Sweet score! PICS!!!!

[hewlett2002000]

well my friend went out to pic up his Apache yesterday and u asked him to take pics of mine but he forgot.... so i wont have any pics up till i go get it, which will be a week or two until i get the money. as for my plans... get it running and drive it. its cool just the way it is.
ill post pics asap.
john

[burbguy]

Originally Posted by hewlett2002000

well my friend went out to pic up his Apache yesterday and u asked him to take pics of mine but he forgot.... so i wont have any pics up till i go get it, which will be a week or two until i get the money. as for my plans... get it running and drive it. its cool just the way it is.
ill post pics asap.
john

yeah get it runnin and drive it....MAYBE A LITTLE DUCT TAPE ON THE WINDSHIELD..? or a good pair of goggles..hehe

Hope to see some pics soon...

[markeb01]

Good for you. Can't wait to see it. If you can, take pics of it exactly as it sits before moving anything, and as it's being pulled out. You'll be glad later to have as many before shots as possible.

[hewlett2002000]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Good for you. Can't wait to see it. If you can, take pics of it exactly as it sits before moving anything, and as it's being pulled out. You'll be glad later to have as many before shots as possible.

good idea. ill borrow a good camera. i lost the charger for mine and just havent gotten one yet... lol

[hewlett2002000]

we went out today and picked up the rest of the parts for the apache. i took a camera and took some pics. here ya go. lemme know what ya think. tags say 79.

[hewlett2002000]

more.... im diggin the hood ornament. it stays.. lol

[hewlett2002000]

last ones, sorry for the excess posts..

[aerotruk63]

Hose it down, Give it a bath, CLR the paint, and your off to the races!

Original antenna and radio.

[likaroc13]

nice find...that's gonna have a nice patina...good luck with it!

[burbguy]

How did you get the patina look so authentic..? Let me know your secret...!!! by the way... NICE FIND...!!! looks like a cool barn find. Also the hood chick...definitely keep her... thats OG baby

[markeb01]

Great looking truck, cool photos. Interesting how it's starting to sink into the earth, obviously it hasn't moved in a long time. By the way, the hood ornament is from a mid-50s Nash.

[likaroc13]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Great looking truck, cool photos. Interesting how it's starting to sink into the earth, obviously it hasn't moved in a long time. By the way, the hood ornament is from a mid-50s Nash.

yep, here's the one on my grandpa's '63 Metro...similar to the one on the truck

[daverod]

Cool truck. Dont know if its 1200 cool. But a wash job goes a long way and it has a new windshield. I would just leave it the way it is. Good luck.

[fryer1979]

Very cool, I'm diggin' the hood ornament.

[SuperWho]

Originally Posted by hewlett2002000

$1200

i couldent believe it. i told him it would be a month or so and he just said put $100 down and its mine. i cant wait. i tried to take some pics with my phone but it was dark. ill post pics when i get it. any ideas on how to unseize the more than likely seized 230? lol
glad im back.
thanks,
John

If the plugs come out, use the trans fluid trick, or go get some marvel mystery oil and squirt some in the cylinders and let it soak for a couple days at minimum.

[hewlett2002000]

well i got all the money together. going to pick it up sunday. bringing 4 tires and wheels. i dont know if those will still hold air. will take and post more pics.
thanks for the comments and advise.
john

[daverod]

Sweet. Start a build thread and take lots of pictures. Good luck on getting it home safe. I lost my front headlights on the off ramp somewhere. Damn wife could'nt pull the e brake hard enough.