Before the days of intense aftermarket support, a truck build would often require some type of donor vehicle. Junkyards were great for small parts, but it was usually more cost-efficient to buy a donor vehicle that could be scavenged and eventually sold off for scrap. These days, buying a donor truck is a good excuse to start another project, and that’s exactly what happened when Jay Rusk bought this ’66 Chevy C10 for $600 more than a dozen years ago.
Jay was in the process of rebuilding a C10 that his grandfather gave him and went to