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Originally Posted by toms68cst
Western ND is the place to look for rust-free trucks. The don't get as much snow out there.
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haha, yeah right! look at my truck!
she's and old farmtruck, my 69. Rust in mos everything except the driver's fender. That's good. Usual rust under battery in fender, battery tray is rotted, inner fender under there was gaping, the grille support had a big hole in it, rockers are eaten kinda bad, cab corners are gone, floors rusty (but only a few holes, but all rusty) and I'd bet the supports under there are rotting, the kickpanel's gone on the part where it's connected to the floor... the box is okay, for rust. Unusuable since the back's crushed in.
Pretty fun truck when it was used for that, I'd bet (I didn't barely drive it maybe 50 miles total for a year, and now it's getting torn down.) Going to use the fenders, the (non-original) 350 and the original 4speed, steering column for a while, and not too much else, other than the wiring harnass, a few odds and ends off that and the cab, and that about sums it up. New cab, new frame/box, new grille support, etc. I guess you could say my 69 is being delegated to being a "parts truck" now.
Otherwise, I guess a lot of trucks around this end of the state need rockers/cab corners and the (almost) mandatory battery-rotted fender patch. I've seen some good and bad ones.