New to Forum and my New 66 GMC

[akmorris81]

Hey all I been trolling this forum for about a week now since I picked up my 66 GMC c1500. There is a lot of useful and knowledgable people on this forum and I'm stoked I found it. I just picked up a free 66 GMC C1500 Long Fleetside, has leafsprings in rear coils in front and 305e with 4spd. I'm looking at buiding this truck into something of a beast. Just a lot of work ahead of me and trying to figure out where to start. It needs a lot to take care of the rust issues, but the frame is good and the cab is in good shape, bed is also in decent shape just need some dings and dents straitend out. I live in Southeast Alaska right on the Ocean which is the land of rust...I'm a auto mechanic by trade and the mechanical part of the truck don't bother me one bit, but I'm by no means a body guy so getting a little overwhelmed looking at the truck. Anyway just wanted to throw and intro out there and maybe get some good starting advice or general knowledge from the members out there.