new truck owner in the Army

[airbornewally]

Hello, everyone. I have recently "inherited" my father-in-law's 1972 C10. It is an awesome truck, but my ownership has started off on quite the wild foot! The truck has been sitting outside, in Michigan, for the past four or five years. I am in the Army, on leave, and am trying to get this truck road-worthy in about a week-and-a-half to make a trip from Michigan to North Carolina. I hope to get the truck home and start doing little body projects here and there with it. My father-in-law used to paint trucks for a living, and he is big into body work, so his expectations are pretty high for me keeping this truck in immaculate shape. I have never been very mechanical, but am quite excited to have this opportunity. I have already found A LOT of helpful information here and will DEFINITELY be back to find out much more!