This is my work in progress that I got from my Uncle Chuck that he nicknamed Giddy Up Go after the song. When I was just a little fella, he used to take me fishing and other various trips in this truck. When he moved away, he left the truck in my grandmas back yard where I would play in it. In 1977 I asked him if I could purchase it and he gave it to me.
I drove the truck in high school back in 1980 in stock condition and had a blast. I put a 12 volt battery in the back to run the 8 track. It did 55 mph going down hill but I didn't care, it was mine.
I have recently started fixing it up. The frame turned out to be broken and I couldn't get alot of essential parts for it so I decided to update it so I will be able to drive and enjoy it everywhere including long hauls. The truck is sitting on a shortened Dakota frame and now sports power front disc brakes, independent wishbone suspension, power rack and pinion steering and tilt wheel, plus a rear end to fix that top end for highway cruising. I can't wait to get it finished to the point where I can roll around on the street again.
