The history of you and your truck

[skokie]

Not 100% sure that this belongs here but thought I would throw it out there. How did you come across you truck and how long have you been working on it? Here is my story. In aug 03 me and a buddy of mine went to tenn to pick up a 67 chevy short wheel base that has been in my family since I was 5 (28yrs). My father and I were going to restore it together but he was ill and passed mar 2000. So one day my buddy and I were talking about it so away we went. When I got to the truck I took a look and it was heartbreaking.
The floors were almost totally gone there is rust everywhere along the windshield and the corners. Not surface rust either. In essence it it too far gone. I then made the decision that It will remain there and me and my buddy came back to ca. Well as we were pulling in low and behold there was a 68 short fleet for sale up the street. Hard to believe I drove 5800 miles just to end up paying 750.00 for a 68 with a blow motor. So around oct 03 it was still there so I called and we made a deal. Since then I have had a used 350 crate motor put in along with getting the 400 turbo rebuilt. Still going on it to. When I get done it will be as close to stock as I would like minus a few things ex: disk brakes and a bad a$$ stereo Thats my story.