...or, "What could possibly go wrong next?"
I've been lurking around on here for a few years, learning what I could and finding some cool gift ideas for dad (or mr. lead foot, an endearing term)
My grandfather bought this truck sometime in the mid/late '70s from the original owner. He purchased it (mainly) to haul around his model train. The wood bed has rails for the trains, and both the front of the bed and the tailgate have holes notched in them. The 8ft long engine barely fits!
I ended up with the train bug too, although I didn't jump in until he passed away. It became a hobby dad and I could enjoy together, and we ended up taking road trips in the truck as far as we thought it would survive.
It's got a 350 out of an ~'86 ish donor, never did get the full info from dad. TH400. Rust in the usual spots, though compared to some pictures I've seen on here I consider myself lucky!
Dad passed in February, so the truck will end up with me. The past two years had been plain foam with no seat covering. I got to try my hand at hog rings and it didn't turn out terrible. Firewall to the gas tank was plain metal, no riding barefoot in this truck (hot!)