I've been pretty busy lately on work stuff and finally had some time to do a little work on the old beater. I went to Wal-Mart and bought a few gallons of Purple Power and fired up the pressure washer and went to work. The truck had dirt and grease caked so bad that it took multiple applications to get most of it off. I need to get a pressure washer with more psi, or get Brad's steam cleaner fixed. After cleaning it up, it was pretty obvious that this poor truck had been seriously abused by the previous owners. I'll treat it right.
Underneath the hood, it went from this:
To this:
You can see the hack job on the A/C holes in the firewall that the dealership did back in '64. I was told that the A/C in the '64 trucks were not installed on the assembly line, but at the dealerships. Disregard the block-off plates. I found those (in white even!) at a local wrecking yard and they are merely serving the purpose of sealing the firewall from dust and critters.
I'm going to keep plugging away and get more stuff done. Next step will be to install the new rear window glass and continue cleaning. The inside of that thing is NASTY.