Highlights
—Very extensive re-finish job—invoice shows “$1000 for sandblasting” to prep everything for painting, new splash pans, mirrors, bumpers and other trim powder coated, stainless steel fasteners used to put everything back together.Paint appears to be a very high quality base/clear effort with only a few small imperfections, a few nicks and scrapes from use—refinishing work was done in 2018. The panel gaps aren’t perfect—left edge of hood is higher than adjacent fender for example but given the manufacturing tolerances of 50 yrs ago, nothing looks out of place.The truck was completely disassembled and painted windows out, bed off, etc.Windshield and rear window were resealed.All glass is good.Underside is exceptionally clean—see photos.Bed has a nicely applied, textured sprayed-in liner beautiful inside, outside and underneath.
—decent (probably original) bench seat
—new OE style carpeting plus winter rubber mats
—door cards look to be original in very good condition
—350 chevy motor replaced the original at some point, runs and sounds great with aftermarket headers adding to the sound effects
—transmission shifts smoothly with no slipping
—decent set of 4 matching tires
—brakes are quiet and stop the truck without drama
—power steering works fine, truck tracks well at highway speeds
—new battery (12/2018)
—Alpine bluetooth stereo with USB port, phone connectivity
—No fluid leaks
Lowlights, Issues
—speedometer needle bounces around like a Geiger counter that just discovered uranium
—aftermarket tachometer on steering wheel not working
—engine blows some smoke on cold start up which goes away as it comes up to temperature
—there’s an occasional engine backfire on deceleration
—drivers shoulder belt take up pulley not working.