Spring is here!

Well spring is here officially, we have had Easter and some good April showers now it's time for flowers and sunny days and warm weather! so after taking stock of what we need for the truck parts wise, we found a interesting Junk yard in Delphos, Kansas full of old iron and a lot of old muscle.

This place had every thing from tractors to buses, we found a lot of old cars in this 20 acre patch of woods, there were piles of engines and transmissions discarded on the road into the yard as well as piles of rear ends and even lawnmowers  here and there we climbed and crawled and hiked all through out this wonderland of automotive trophy's all in various states of decay.

After finding several Ford trucks in the proper vintage we started hunting parts, we needed front fenders and a radiator support and inner fender apron as well as a grill and some bumpers.

We found a truck with a straight grill that looked good and a 67 that looked very similar to ours but it wasn't a custom cab

Over all I left the place feeling good having spent some time in and around cars from times gone past. It really motivated me to get back into our truck project after a too long winter, 

We recently got a compressor and a welder for my garage and some air tools to make this project come together quickly. soon we get back to work and finish the front end swap then we can start the tear down on the rear end.