"Mossback" 1969 C20 Project Truck

[PileDriver]

Howdy. I'm new to the forum and would like to document progress on my latest project - a 1969 Chevy C20, 350, AT, long bed.

Last month, one of my local car buddies (Brett), passed away suddenly. To complicate things even more, his family was in the process of moving to Pennsylvania from Washington. His wife and daughter had already relocated so the daughter could start school while he took care of preparing the house and property to sell.

His wife has had to come back and take care of things as quickly as possible. Brett's best friend of 40 years (another car guy) has been taking care of the selling Brett's other vehicles. This included a 1970 Cougar (very rough), a 1971 Impala (even more rough), the 69 Chevy C20, a Chevy work van, and a running 1990 Ford F250. They were only able to find titles for the C20 and F250. I offered to buy the C20 to help out. It doesn't run, and I don't why it was parked. But, SBCs aren't too difficult to wrestle into submission, so I hope this won't be too difficult to make into a running vehicle. The body has patina which is en vogue right now. The floorboards are rusted out though, so I'll have to address that too.

However, nothing will be happening fast. The current government shutdown and lack of paychecks until the government reopens kinda puts a damper on everything. Brightside though - we are essential and will continue to work through the shutdown, so we are guaranteed to get back pay once DC decides to open shop again.