Blake with the help of his dad, pulled off the the coolest repair, by resurrecting his grandfather's once daily used '54 International Harvester truck (thank you Marc B!)

As a teenager, Richard Kincheloe bought the International Harvester with his mother for $50 and a hog!

It then sat neglected on his property for more than 45 years, eventually catching the eye of his grandson, Blake. 

The original brake lights were non-existent, so new ones were installed, and a bathroom door latch took the place of an unsalvageable door handle mechanism.

All the while, Blake kept his project a secret from his grandad, hoping to create a moment of pure surprise.

That moment arrived when Blake and his father decided to reveal the restored truck to Richard. Driving Cannonball down the driveway for the first time in 45 years, they recorded the emotional reveal on video.

When Blake was a toddler, he thought of Cannonball as "his truck" even though it spent much of the time broken and idle. When he grew up, he initially took the truck in for new brakes. However, his plans evolved into a full restoration. Meanwhile, Grandpa Richard was kept in the dark as Blake, with the help of C&J's Classic and Muscle Cars, brought the truck back to working order.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/humankind/2024/05/21/watch-a-grandsons-vintage-truck-restoration-surprise-his-grandpa/73786331007/

And HOW long has it been since I posted about an IH truck? A LONG time