Okay old truck, but ...

[Hawkmoon]

... hardly a restoration.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2015/01/01/pkg-son-suprises-dad-car.wxin.html

The paint looks like dark gray primer. No GMC truck ever left the factory looking like that. And the engine sure isn't original.

I guess some people have different ideas about what "restore" means.

[vaskidmark]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the process involve pounding out dents/dings in the tailgate and "fixing" the pitting?

Among other things?

It's a good thing dad's eyesight is failing.

stay safe.

[dogmush]

Eh, there's restos and there's restos.  That truck was "restored" to running and driving.  It's not a frame off, concourse job, but it was probably all his kid could afford. It's a nice gesture.

[Boomhauer]

He may not have had time to get the tailgate done in time for the gift giving and may be planning to fix it later. I doubt he's going to leave the tailgate looking like that. Same may be true for the paint job.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Dad's 84. Give it to him while you can.


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[Angel Eyes]

I wouldn't turn it down.


Cab interior looks pretty nice.

[BobR]

Lowered, flat black, V8, 12v electrics, fancy cab. He may have given it to dad but in the end I bet he knows he will get it back. He did a lot of those mods for himself, except for the old ooogha horn.

bob

[Hawkmoon]

Eh, there's restos and there's restos.  That truck was "restored" to running and driving.  It's not a frame off, concourse job, but it was probably all his kid could afford. It's a nice gesture.

I absolutely agree that it's a VERY nice gesture. What it is not ... is a "restoration." It's a "repair." (Or, depending on how bad it was, a reclamation.)

[dogmush]

I love ya man, but you're the dude that plays scrabble with a dictionary on hand. And audits the Monopoly bank.

[Boomhauer]

I love ya man, but you're the dude that plays scrabble with a dictionary on hand. And audits the Monopoly bank.

 

[Hawkmoon]

I love ya man, but you're the dude that plays scrabble with a dictionary on hand. And audits the Monopoly bank.

I'm also the guy with three Jeep Comanche pickups that I'm in the process of "fixing up." Mine will be closer to original than that Jimmy, but I won't claim that mine are "restorations." To restore is to make new again.

Sorry, but I'm a bit of a purist that way. To the point that I once decided an apparent tie at a car show I was judging by the fact that the 1968 AMX had 1969 interior door panels. None of the other judges even noticed.