I've been working on bringing back to life my 1964 Dodge shorty. The bus had sat since 1986, never being registered, and slowly losing parts until I found her on ebay last year.
She has that Airstream-esque Wayne body from the 60s. Chrylser 318 Poly V8 mated to a NP435 4 speed. She was used in the Rio Linda Union School Dist from 1964-1986.
I dragged her back up 5 hours from Oregon to Seattle and pieced back together a braking system, clutch system, replaced almost every wire in the harness and every light bulb. I've owned '66 and '68 Dodge trucks so this is a little familiar just much bigger.
I have replaced the following: carburetor, coil, distributor (was missing when purchased) plugs, wires, fuel pump, fuel filters, fuel line, gas tank, starter, battery and cables, voltage regulator, ballast resistor, radiator cap, alternator, brake master cylinder, brake wheel cylinders x 6, brake line, brake booster, clutch master cylinder, clutch line, slave cylinder, wheel bearings, wheel seals
I flushed out the rear differential and manual transmission along with running 3 flushes of oil through the engine to remove moisture buildup from years of water dripping into block from missing distributor hole access. I scored two more wheels so that I could run 4 wheels in the rear vs the two outers that were mounted when I purchased.
This summer I was able to fire her up and get the engine dialed in. I just picked Linda up from the tire shop today and she's sporting new 7.50-20 tube tires.
Next step is to tackle interior wiring and continue to grind off rivets and remove all the interior sheet metal. I've mostly been hanging out on the 61-71 Dodge truck forum, but as she is now a runner, attention is shifting towards the interior build as most major mechanical aspects are sorted- for now, at least.