While working on some of the smaller bits here and there, I noticed that the axle was bent... the story started forming now.
- Axle is bent.
- Steering linkage is bent.
- frame under front passenger bump stop is bent from hitting that stop so hard
- Passenger door is dented
- Passenger mirror was ripped off
- Roof is dented
One big event happened in this truck, and I wanted to know what it was! So using the name on the title I have, I traced back to the oldest relative of the title name, and called the man.
An 85 year old kind gentleman answered and explained that it wasn't his, but he knew the owner. A gold prospector who used to sleep in the camper while he was out sniping for gold, he got run off the road one day and the truck flipped over into a river and landed on a small island, breaking his leg in the process.
And I had already named this truck Goldie.. how about that!!
So now that the dents and dings have a story, their value just increased! I asked if he had any photos of the truck in its heyday and he did, but he lost them all in a fire.