Truck and trailer together

 This will be my last post for a couple of months as the trailer and truck are finished on the out side. I took this picture in the fall when leaves had already peaked but still had some color. This is the first time I had the truck and trailer hooked together. I am going to have to buy a hitch that drops down a little more so the trailer will be level when I pull it.

 This was my dad, Milo Clay Miller's truck,  he bought it in 1965. It is a GMC fleet side long bed. I had the truck restored this past summer and that was been a dream come true for me. This truck has the 305E V6 engine in it and four speed transmission .

 I took the ordinary wood that was in the bed out, and bought some hickory, planed to the correct thickness. I then ripped the boards to width and used dado blades to cut groves in boards. This turned out to be quite a project and needed some help to rip, and grove the boards.

 When dad bought the truck it had painted grille's and bumpers I replaced those with the chrome. I also bought chrome smoothie wheels for the tires. My wife thinks I am going through my second child hood.  She is probably right, but I sure enjoy the looks I get driving down the road.

 Here you can see the inside of the cab and how it was painted. I had carpet put in and the seat that was reworked and covered to match those in the trailer.

We used the trailer once even thought it was not finished on the inside. Didn't pull it with the GMC because the truck was not finished at that time . As soon as the whether permits I will start back on finishing the inside of the trailer, and will continue with my blog. Maybe this summer we might meet at a vintage rallies.