Over 25 Years Later, Finally My 71 C-10 Truck Build

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Not really a build update, but worth posting. My mom came down for Thanksgiving and it's the first time she got to see my (nearly) finished truck in person. She was amazed and said that my dad would have loved it. He died about 6 years ago and for many years didn't understand my love for his old truck. My mom said that after a while he did come around and thought it was a worthwhile project. He never got to see how it turned out, but a piece of him is in every part of this build. All that I have learned, the roots of my passion for things mechanical began with his influence on me. My life has been built on those beginnings.

Anyway, this morning before she was going to head home, I took her for a ride. She loved it. It's entirely possible that she hadn't been in it since the late 70's. From then on we had a 2nd car and the only time we used the truck was for hauling wood and garbage, etc. By that time I was old enough to help my dad with these chores and she just would not have been in it. She said it brought back a lot of memories and one I had yesterday was of my whole family from back then stuffed into the cab. My parents, me and both sisters, and thought I should try and recreate that.