Golden Jubilee
Posts: 604
Joined: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:50 pm
Location: New Bern, NC
Re: Cab repair
Binder Mike wrote:When I bought my 51 nine years ago I had my mind set on a complete restoration like I had done to a number of
other trucks in the past. I got the grinder out and was about to start removing paint and rust when I had an overwhelming feeling that I should just leave it alone and fix the mechanical parts and just drive the thing and enjoy it which is what I did for six years. In that time a number of local artists did paintings of it, a local photographer used it in photo shoots, It was on a calendar and made a regional magazine cover.It also beat out some fully restored trucks in an old truck show. When my wife and I would come out of restaurants after a meal families would be posing their kids and each other in front of it for pictures. All that over a rusty old 51! I have since become a rustoration enthusiast and my current truck is going to get the same treatment with the hopes of recapturing some of the fun I had with the L112. It gave me many hours of joy and was a truck that I felt had it's history still intact. Rustorations aren't for every one but give it some thought. Spend the next five years with it in pieces or soon be driving it and enjoying it.
I've noticed this with my own vehicles. The tougher looking ones get more attention.
My toys:
1951 International
1972 Buick Centurion
1957 Buick Special
1939 Buick Special
1978 Cadillac Superior Hearse