truck project

i bought a 1980 toyota pickup sr5 recently with the intention of a semi-complete restoration. not all original, auto show style, but just a simple body clean up and repaint, interior brought back to serviceable, and of course, mechanically sound top to bottom. to maintain some motivation via manufactured accountability, i will try a photo log (phlog?) of the process. first entry, the before.




















this gives an idea of the state of the body. the rust, sparing the tailgate, is almost all on the surface. notice the axe wound on the driver's side of the hood. i will post more as i progress.