Cody Sheild's, his daughter's. . . and his dad's 1967 Highboy

By Cody Sheild

My story begins when I bought 67 highboy on April 11th 2006. It was the day before my daughter was born me and my dad went and picked it up from a friend.

Our goal was for him and I to build together for my daughter. As she grew we completely tore it apart. . . all the way down to the frame and then rebuilt the truck together. All just to give to my daughter when she graduated from highschool.

Then in December of 2012 my dad was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer and stage four lung cancer. Over the next couple months we spent a lot of time working on the truck. Spending as much time together as we could.

The truck was all done and ready for its first run in the mud together but unfortunately it never made it into the mud. Two weeks later my dad lost his battle with cancer and passed away on July 13th 2013.

My dad was like my best friend and I couldn't stand seeing the truck anymore. In a state of severe depression I pulled the truck apart and parted it out. I sold every last part of the truck I could and then pushed the empty shell into the trees to rot away.

I intended for it to stay there, and then four years ago my daughter Alena talked me into putting her truck back together. Even tho it hurts so much to work on it with out him I decided to pull it out and then her and I have put the truck back together again.

My daughter will be taking her senior pictures with our beloved highboy and taking it to her senior prom.

This is one of my favorite photos. My daughter passed out underneath the trucking helping the 4sp transmission back into the truck. She refuses to go in the house and go to bed as long as we where still outside working on it.