Project "Ferdinand" the Longhorn

[Tomahawk30]

Figured I'd start a build thread, even though I don't have any big projects in mind for this one. Mostly a clean up and drive deal (hopefully).

A week ago I drove down to Jackson, TN to take a look at a 71 Cheyenne Super Longhorn to replace the 72 K10 SWB Super that I'm selling to a gentleman who was in search of one to do a full factory restoration. The truck turned out to be very solid, so I went ahead and paid for the truck and brought home the title. The truck appears to have originally been medium olive, and a new SPID was printed when some previous owner presumably did a restoration on it. It's pretty crusty right now, but a pretty nice restoration appears to have been done at some point in its life when it was converted to black. I haven't checked the numbers, but the drivetrain appears to at least be period correct. Runs and drives great, and really just needs some spit and polish work. Gonna clean it up, probably replace the carpet and upholstery, replace the bed wood, and just enjoy it for a while as I fix the little stuff.

Got it home last night after a quick 7 hour road trip after work. Had a little snafu with the trailer. The Uhaul guy insisted upon attaching the trailer to our hitch and didn't tighten the retainer screw to keep the hitch on the ball. Found that out as I started pulling the truck on the trailer. It rode 3 hours down to Jackson, TN with nothing keeping it on the ball!

As it sat last weekend when I drove down to look it over: