The overall body condition was one of the reasons why I picked this truck. The hood has one minor dent in the center where it met with the roofline at one time. Most hoods I see have an actual hole worn in the center from hitting the roof as well as being constantly walked on.
My roof is a different story. It has been walked on. Good news is I picked up an almost perfect roof assembly off an early release cab that was sitting at the farmyard. I may install a roof rack once the new roof is installed to protect it down the road.
My last 7 years in the service were spent at 1 RCHA, where every time the truck was parked for more than 10 minutes, you had to cam it up. That meant walking on the hood, the roof, even the tarp over the cargo area. And all the while that you were crawling between the net and the truck, you wore webbing and gas bag just to add to the frustration. After you would climb up on the roof to install a spreader pole, the net would snag on the useless hood/windshield catches, or on some other trivial protrusion. Add to that it was either very cold out, or very hot. There was never a happy medium. Frustration wasn't the word for it. At the time you really did not care if you were bending the hood, or stepping on something semi-fragile. You also learned after a while to remove or tape over every useless item that would potentially snag the nets while back in garrison.
I picked up another deuce for a parts truck. It was the kitchen truck with the RCHA, and has all the attributes of a truck that served 30 years. Multi multi layers of paint, bent hood, bent roof, brush painted cab interior...I am glad I am not trying to restore that truck.
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