I decided that I need to start an actual "build" thread to document my truck and its progress.
This is going to be a long (slow) process. I have a LOT of work to do and not much time and money to throw at it.
It all started when I was 14 years old. I had a neighbor down the street that had a shop (in a sleepy little town in Alabama). He hired me to hand him wrenches and help out as much as I could while he restored 64-66 Chevy trucks. One of those trucks became mine. It was a '64 fleet-side long-bed. I owned it for about 6 months and then like a lot of teenagers...I got bored with waiting and sold it because money seemed more important than a truck that I wasn't old enough to drive. I regretted selling it and I have always wanted to replace it.
Fast-forward to 2013 when I first met my wife's uncle Joe. We went by his house out near Fallbrook California and sitting in his driveway at the "farm" was this truck:
I told him that if he ever wanted to get rid of it...he should give me a call.