Staying busy in retirement involves a labor of love for one car enthusiast.

I ’m retired, and my wife, Joan, and I spend the majority of our time at our 1980s-era log cabin kit home in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. I was born with the car gene, so my retirement years seemed the right time to fix up a vintage truck. But what kind?
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