Restore thread for my 59

[FireTyrant]

Let me give you a back story on this truck. This truck was passed down to me from my late father. This truck is something that him and I went on a ton of road trips and camping trips as a kid. He even built a tent frame out of 2x4's that when in the bed and a huge tarp went over it. When we would go camping, this is where we slept. This truck was to be my first car when I was in high school, but do to my bad grades, I never was able to get it. So when he moved 2.5 hours away he took the truck with him and it sat in his garage for 12 years, never to be turned over again. Well he passed away last year and now that financials have been put in order, I get to finally do some work in it and restore it.




This picture shows it on a trailer getting ready to make a very long trip to Albuquerque, NM from the bay area in California. My girlfriends dad has decided to help me get her running again so that I can drive it once more. I cried when this car transported out. Well right now I am in Albuquerque, nm to see what I can do to it in a week.

This is a 1959 Chevy Pickup Stepside Longbed 3/4 ton. I've got 8 lug wheels on it which I am really not sure what to do with yet. It has a built Chevy 350 with a broken 5 speed M/T. I have all the original badges and grill it's just not shown. Unfortunately the motor is seized and will not turn over even after been towed. This is what drained out of the oil pan.



We have decided to just pull the motor out of his chevy truck, which has a running 350 and automatic transmission and put it in mine. So right now I am 2k into this resto project not including the transportation cost. His truck will later be parted out and sold. I will keep you guys' posted on what year truck it is incase any of you may be interested.

What my plans are for this build, well right now it's just getting it running and functioning. I will be worrying about the details later, but I feel that it's important to get it running first.