Im Home!
so I finally flew out to vancouver saturday morning and met my truck. she was beautiful, everything i could have hoped. she starts and runs awesome, the trip went without a hitch, tow, or flatdeck trailer, just a few too many gas stations. first thing to go is that bench seat, it comes off a volvo car and makes the small cab smaller. and at 6'4" i am not small. it made for a slightly uncomfortable 2 days of driving, but so worth it.
i will start a rebuild thread in a week or so when i get started on it. not much needs to be done to make it drivable....brakes, some weather stripping, seat and floor cover. otherwise there are a couple rust spots i may pay attention to some time. one problem i must ask you cruiser experts is the bed. it is rusted through on a couple of the rails ( ill post pics later ) what i want to do is cut out the bottom of the bed and put a wood deck inside the box, so that i still have a box, just with a wood base. I'd like to stay original, but a replacement center piece is a bit above my budget. Im thinking a full restoration will be left to a future owner perhaps. so is the wood deck a decent idea?
