71 k10 rebuild

[drivethechevy]

this weekend i brought home the 71 k10 i bought from my dad when i turned 18 back in january
some back history: in 1990 when my dad found out he was going to be a father he decided to restore a new old pickup because he had sold all of his other restored ones in 89. he found this truck in a feild in south dakota and drove it home, he did a frame of resto in 8 months, his goal was to bring me and my mom home from the hosepital in the truck(which he did), till around 95 my dad not only daily drove the truck but was consitanty wining shows (my dad has over 50 trophies that the truck won), for my entire life this truck was around and driven regularly up untill 5 years ago when my parents decided to move to our current home my dad decided that he would rather it sit inside of my grandpas shed then take up space during the move
well my dad lost intrest in the truck and after alot of pestering and him considering selling it, to fund a new truck build (his first in 19 years) i convinced him to sell it to me on my 18th bday
every winter the shed the truck was stored in gets huge drifts making it impossibe to bring home so on sunday after a family get together at my grandpas i drove the truck home, i proly would have been able to if last summer i insisted on taking my senior pics with the truck and i had to get it started when i got it out of the shed, so this time around all it needed was a new battery more air in the tires
plans are to make shure its still safe, replace a few things, and then use it as my daily driver untill my 68 is done and then this one will go under the knife for the second time
well enough talking picture time!
this is what the truck looked like as of 5-26-09









custom floor mats that my dad had made for it, sunday was the first time i have ever seen the truck without them in it