Glenn Jandt never got to the point of complete despair during the 23-year restoration odyssey on his 1947 Chevrolet 3800 1-ton pickup.
But it was close.
“There were many times when I was working on it out in the greenhouse, and I’d think, ‘I’m never going to finish this. I’m never going to be done. Not in my lifetime,’” recalls Jandt, a resident of Peshtigo, Wis. “People would say, ‘Oh, don’t worry, you’ll get it done,’ and I’d think, ‘No, there’s no way. I don’t think I’ll ever get it finished.’”
But almost a quarter century after he started it, in 2011, Jandt did get his wonderful — and extra large — red Chevy truck finished. The mountain had been climbed, and he could scarcely believe it. “My daughter Jenny was 9 when I bought the truck, and she was a PhD when I took it to its first show,” Jandt laughs. “I just kept going until I could finally see light at the end of the tunnel. It was not easy, but I did it and I take pride in that.”
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