[Ron 586]

Welcome from West Tennessee.You gave a lot of information but left a lot of questions unanswered. Getting a shot at restoring your grandpas truck is great. That your dad had it for a while adds to it. Until you know if it's a C/10 or C/20 maybe a camper special, how it's equipped will affect your future plans for it. Is it going to be a daily driver, weekend toy, show truck or what. You said you never built a engine but could do some of the maintance on it. It depends on if you are mechanical minded, have a place to do the work, tools to do it, and last of all TIME to work on it that will make that choice for you, It being a 396 engine you may have one of the trucks that make us old Chevy guys drool. Look on the inside of the glovebox door and see if the sticker is still there that tells you what it is equipped with. Look at the cab supports (where it attaches to the frame) for rust, also the cab corners and rocker panels. Make a list of all the things it needs and call around for prices on the work. I hope it will be that you can do most of it yourself and be able to pass it on for future family members. Good luck and keep us posted.