Dad bought that ~1970. (Not that one pictured) Dad was not mechanically inclined. Myself and a friend stripped the body to bare metal with electric 1/3 sheet sanders and painted it (brushes) with "Black Truck Paint"

I replaced the leaking head gasket, cleaning up the surfaces with afore mentioned electric sander and probably a crescent wrench. I was 13 or 14 at the time.

. The stake body got red paint and dad built new fences with 2x4 and 2x6 lumber. When the folks were out for the night neighborhood kids of all ages would clamber up into the back stake bed as I drove around the neighbor hood. Did I say I was 13 or 14 at the time?

The truck had a swiftness that a 6.11:1 axle ratio will offer to 40 hp but top speed was somewhere around 40mph. The 4 speed was non syncronized. 1st was granny, 2nd or 3rd were OK for starting out from a stop It took a pretty firm push on the brake pedal to slow it down, brakes were rod and linkage accuated. When I got my license my Highschool auto shop teacher mentioned I might "slow down" in the parking lot at school, what with mechanical brakes and all". 20 years later
@Ben1 had the same shop teacher.