1972 GMC 2500 build

[1972GMC2500]

Here is the back story on this truck. My father bought this truck new in 1972 as a chassis cab truck. He took it straight to Knapheid for the utility bed install. He was a telephone splicer. He drove this truck all over East Texas until 1997 when he bought a 1997 Dodge 2500 with the 5.9l 12 valve Cummins, that I own now, also. My dad kept records of his miles, since it was his work truck. He drove it 868,000 miles. He offered me the GMC in 1997, but I did not have a place to store it, or the funds to fix it at the time. My step brother owned a wrecker service. He towed the truck away in about 1998. I was sure it was going to be crushed or dismantled. My dad died in 2013. My step brother told me he still had the old truck, and I was welcome to take it if I wanted it. 15 years in a tow lot did not do good things to the truck, but it is all still there, except for a busted passenger side window. Luckily, the trees grew up around it to keep it from escaping. I'm slowly bringing her back from the edge. Suspension and brakes are done. Next up is the heart transplant. I'm going to be swapping in a 5.3l LS soon. Then I'll start patching the severely rusted floor and doors. She's a work in progress, but she is worth it. She is two years older than I am. I was standing up in the seat beside my dad, when I was about two years old, when we hit one of the two cows that have been sent to cow heaven by the grill of this truck. Thankfully I didn't go through the windshield. Thanks for reading this brief history.