From Trash To Treasure

Tom Bender’s ’59 Fleetside is Pure Vintage Hauler Glory I guess the best place to start this story is nearly half a century ago, when I first set eyes on my ’59 Fleetside. I found this truck in a complete mess. It had been sitting in the weeds in Blackards tow yard for 10 years, before I bought it for $2,000. That was 20 years ago, and it ended up sitting in my garage for another five years before I finally got started on it and, what with the other projects I had going on throughout that time, it took