1954 GMC series 100

I had a wild hair which isn’t so unusual after retirement for many of us. With all the “old truck” fever going around, I decided to give it a whirl. I purchased the truck and was lucky to get it on my trailer. Oh, so proud of my new toy with the rusted out firewall, floor pans, cab corners, bed seriously rusted out along the sides where a piece of sheet metal had replaced the floor. With my excitement and my wife and daughter by my side we began the work taking the truck totally apart. She found some suitable tires and rims and we found a good original engine as the engine in the truck had a cracked block. I started on the frame, brakes, wheels etc. first and got that completed. It looks really good. Next, I did the firewall, floor pans, side panels and cab corners. It went pretty well. Then working in between the rain, cold, warm, I started the arduous task of repairing the truck bed sides losing my patience more than once. I have the bed sides tolerable and now to the floor. I’m using old pine for the floor: pine that was cut from the farm, stacked for 40 years and now, planed, tongue and grooved. My wife quit on me during the bed restoration after loosing my temper one time to many. I’m anxious to fit the cab and bed and set the engine and transmission. I intend to leave the truck as is with the paint and seal. It’s been fun and frustrating and I have learned a lot working with metal. Oh yes, my daughter hasn’t quit on me yet.