This is after maybe a year, and then this year

 

Ross that is a beautiful truck and color.

 

My dad and I at a rest stop bringing Dixie home from Augusta, Georgia to North Atlanta in July of last of 2014




Last weekend on a nearby farm




And...This is what it sounds like starting, you can tell I am proud of my starter rebuild!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USLu6ZLh-GI

 

And (OT)......since I have kids, I restore their toys too

Before




After about two weeks of work at night

 

Wow! The tractor looks better than new!

 

Here my '49 F-2 when it was sitting on the side of my parents driveway, about 1982:




This is my favorite picture from about 1998, a couple of years after I first got it back on the road. It's starting to need a little refreshing now but it's been a fun ride.

 

WOW! There is hope for me yet. They all look amazing. The toy tractor included.

 

OK, I'll play.

Here's Betsy the day I got her in July, 2011...



And a recent shot after the "new" bed was installed...

 

My before and after is a little different than most. I have a picture from the original owner when the truck was new. I also have some as I found it, and where it is in the resto process now. I wish is was as nice as some of these here.

 

I changed my wheels and went full flow ventilation

 

I'll play along as well:

as I pulled her out of the PO's shop this past April


And this was June:


and this past weekend:


not finished yet, still have the windows, interior and A/C. Lots of all night sessions in the garage!

 

Pic from the seller:


After:

 

First pic is my truck when I bought it. Second pic is my truck about a month ago

 

I found "Rusty " sitting on a bus at a local junk yard a month away from being crushed. Respecting old iron as I do , I wasn't going to let that happen. Still have a long way to go but having a great time driving him almost every day.

 

I'm pretty sure you are the only one here that can say that.