I have been driving a '67 long-wide for about 4 years now, but I have a new Chevy truck in the stable. Here is the story... My wife's uncle has had an '80 Silverado short-wide sitting in his driveway since before I met my wife (about 9 years total). He bought a new crate motor for it, but never completely installed it. (It had never even been turned over.) He also bought new aluminum wheels and tires for it. He was the 3rd owner after his brother, who bought it when it was only 1 year old in '81. Anyway, we were visiting and I started giving him crap about not having it on the road yet since he had a motor and wheels and mostly all parts needed. He said he was not able to complete the job because he was "mechanically declined". He added that he was probably just going to sell it at a loss to get rid of it. I asked how much and he said if I was interested, he would only want $1,000 from me! With him being family, I talked him up, but could not get him past $1,500, so we struck a deal. A few weeks and about a thousand dollars later, she is now on the road after a long hiatus with a nicely detailed and chromed, well running small block 350. Next I will be gutting and restifying (restoring/modifying) the interior as well as getting her painted. The interior will probably be black and I am going to strip all exterior trim and badges for a clean look and give the truck a solid color treatment. The leading color right now is the old Vette favorite Steel Cities Gray. Check out some pics in my "Truck" album. For a good laugh, be sure to check out the pic of the crap removed from the duct work! (Yes, that rolled up tube sock was removed just like that! The black thing was the remains of a candy bar. (Gross!) I wonder if he got frustrated about the defroster not working? The pics are[linkhotos.yahoo.com/l48shark|here]. Cheers, Ford (No, seriously, that is my name! Aside from the '67 and '80, I also own a '77 Vette and used to own a '99 Camaro before it was totaled. :7 )
