1974 Chevy K20 with less than 26k original miles

[Kevchevy]

Hello, This is my first post on this forum and I am hoping to get some advice and opinions from you guys, as this is a veeerrrry unique situation and I am trying to decide what to do with this truck!!!!!

The long and short of it:

In 1974 my Father purchased a brand new K20 Chevy Pickup truck from a dealer here in Iowa. I still have the Chevy pickup catalog that he used to circle and mark the options that he was interested in. As a matter of fact, I road along with him the day he picked up the truck!

One of the first things that he did to the truck was had it rust protected by Ziebart. He did this to all of his vehicles. He also took off the original intake and carb (which I still have) and put on a Edelbrock intake and a Holley carb. He also purchased a topper for this and mounted it by bolting it to tapped blocks of wood that he inserted into the stake pocket holes, thus avoiding any extra drilling/mounting holes. He lined the bed with carpet and took a sheet of plywood & hinged it at the tailgate for a protective bed liner. He owned his own auto repair shop and had a big parking lot, so at some point he decided to mount a Western Plow on this so he could plow the drive every winter. After that, the truck pretty much stayed in the 3rd stall of his repair shop and was only really used when it snowed!

My Father passed away almost 6 years ago now, and I have driven the truck very little. I sold the topper and the plow that was on it. Since this truck was Full-time 4 wheel drive, I had lockouts installed. I replaced the shocks. The original tires that were on it were starting to crack and dry-rot, so I put $700 worth of new tires on it less than 200 miles ago. I did keep the original tires and the spare under the bed of the truck is original.

The truck has 25,934 original miles on it. That’s it!

The truck has the original paint job. No body work has been done to it. It has the typical rock chips around the wheel well areas. There are some dings, dents, scrapes and scratches in various areas. This came with a dual gas tank, but I have only been using the drivers side tank. For some reason when you switch to the 2nd tank, it does not work properly, so the gas has been drained from it. The factory AC does not function. Due to the age of this, there are also a few gaskets that need to be replaced in this as well. A little leaking around the oil pan etc…

So, at this point, I am sharing some photos and looking for input on this, feedback, suggestions, etc.

Also, with the rock chipped wheel wells and the fact that the paint is so old, it would be hard to match the paint up. So do you leave it alone or repaint it?

Here are some photos.(I didn't even wash or wax this before I took the pics) I have many many more if you guys wanna see more of her!