This is how it starts, folks...sometimes you gotta look through the charcoal to see the diamonds. This old girl's been rode hard and put away wet more'n once. But Bill is one of those fellers that you know has a lot of fun doing this sort of thing and maybe the tougher the better. Whatever, he saw something in this truck, and you'll see just what he does with it.
A couple of these photos are kinda fuzzy but still need to be there so if you squint a bit and hold your mouth just right you can see 'em just fine.

Is that charcoal or old bird poop?
Heads and intake are off, if you can tell through the digital murk...
Now I'm telling you, those are rat turds...
This leak tells me that Bill more'n likely drove it into the shop...always good, if it runs...
How many miles of farm roads have been seen from this vantage point, do'ya suppose? Can't see, really, but the floors look pretty solid.
Wouldn't you expect to see a calf or a hog pop it's head up outta there? Probably been awhile since they hauled bulk feed with this old girl...
This's one of those fuzzy ones...but by dang you don't need HQ resolution to see that some real high quality restoration is going on here. Most people don't have a clue what goes on underneath their climate control and heated seats, but this is the part that takes the brunt of the punishment from road-borne dangers such as curbs, chuckholes, dead deer, skunks, rocks, salt, stobs of wood, stumps, beer bottles and all manner of hazardous material that's dumped on the highways and byways that we drive on. This is the part you hang the rest of car on so it's gotta be good to go. Tires you can change...just try going into the shop and saying,"Can I get a new frame?"