[Daox]

Sometime next week I'll be having a 1951 Ford F1 towed to the house. My wife has always wanted a cool old truck and a friend of mine found this one (he owns ~5 old fords in multiple phases of restoration). The body and frame are in great shape for having sat in a field for so long. It also comes from a time when trucks were used as trucks, not an urban luxury vehicles. Novel idea eh? The plan is to restore it to like original condition. It'll be used on rare occasion to haul lumber or what have you from the home improvement store, and maybe take it to a show if I feel so inclined.

I'm totally new to restoring old cars. I've done plenty of mechanical work on modern vehicles. Body work is going to be the biggest area for me to learn I'm sure. Any websites anyone can recommend, or info or a list of tools to start out would be helpful.

Here are some pics: