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Thats a very nice story and a nice looking truck. I dont want to intrude on your post but I bought a 72 El Camino SS about 7 years ago from the second owner who had lost interest in it after owning it for 30 years and after I restored it I took it back to let them see it. His wife asked if I would sell it back to them and I told her no but that they could drive it any time they wanted ,she said ni I was just checking to see if you loved it as much as we did .I do love that El Camino and still not for sale .My 72 Chevy truck that is getting a frame off restoration was owned for 30 years by an old guy that finally realized he could not afford to fix it the way it deserved and when its finished he will get the same offer as the first as he did not really want to let it go. Keep us posted on your truck ,I love stories like yours.