Believe me, I am under no illusions about that truck needing alot of work. Here in upstate NY, we have heavy winters, and if it isn't the acid rain, its the salt. Right now I am in the process of buying a house with a baby on the way, so I am looking at something that I know is going to take me a long time to restore. Up here, the only reason that truck has not sold, there is no for sale sign on it. Last year I spotted a 1954 Dodge pick up in about the same condition as that old F1 Ford. The truck had sat in the same spot since 1977. The onwer wanted $2000, it sold. A few years before that, a late 1930's Diamond T truck, no motor, in nearly the same condition, sat since the late 1950's, that sold for alot as well. Unfortunately here in NY this is what we have to deal with, if you want a project truck, well than you better be ready for work. My first car was a 1965 Chevy Biscayne, but my baby was a 1971 Dodge Dart with a 318 V8, unfortunately some idiot kid pulled out in front of me on a bike and it was either hit the kid or take the ditch. So I rolled the car over, set my restoration back more than I could afford since I tore the unibody like a sheet of paper. If I could afford something that was already restored, well, obviously I would. But, I also want the fun of working on one again, I miss that. I saw that truck, and I saw a wooden stake bed, white wall tires and dog dish hubcaps. I looked inside, and I saw a bench seat from a Cadillac. I already know where I can get a flathead V8. I know it will take me a long time. That is already in my mind.
