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Watch out for your cornhole !
![]() Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Azle, Texas
Posts: 14,162
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My Luxurious late model truck (not so much)
The name is a joke. There is nothing fancy, nor will there be anything fancy about this build. Valerie and I joke that I've finally got a luxurious new truck to drive.
Those of y'all who know me well know that the GMT400 is my favorite style of truck. I've been wanting a 4 wheel drive for a few different reasons so I figured to get an old beater and build it up. My criteria were.... 1) White in color 2) 3/4 ton, 8400 GWV with 8 lug wheels (not the 6 lug light duty 3/4 ton) 3) Standard transmission 4) Regular cab 5) 350 engine, not diesel or big block under any circumstances. Guess what, that's not a common truck. I found a fair number of extended cabs, light duty 3/4 tons, different colors, and automatic transmissions, but seldom ran across one that met my "must have" criteria. Finally, I found this old ranch truck on Craigslist. He wanted 2500 bucks for it. I drove it and looked it over and it was obvious that the 350 was only hitting on 7 cylinders so I walked away. ![]() About two weeks later the guys texts me and asks if I was still interested in buying the truck. I had let it drop since the truck wasn't worth 2500 or even close to that number to me. I told him I liked the truck but I wasn't a buyer at anywhere near his asking price. He asked me what I had in mind and I came back with 1500 dollars. We settled on 1700 dollars and the deal was done. I had bought a 4x4 with a hurt engine. I'm sure some of you guys will think I paid too much, and I might have, but if you want an 8 lug, 8400 pound GVW, white, regular cab, standard shift, small block truck, you have to settle for what you can find. The run down on what I got.... 350 TBI, Muncie SM465 transmission, NP241C transfer case, and 4.10 gears. And, don't forget, only 7 of the 8 cylinders were reporting for duty. Caved door. ![]() Ranch truck interior. ![]() ![]() My favorite transmission ever. ![]() We don't get rust here in my area of Texas. ![]() ![]() Ranch truck bodywork. You guys with livestock will recognize what happens when you park a feed truck anywhere near hungry cows. Bump... ![]() Dig the barbed wire pinstriping. ![]() ![]() More in the next post....
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I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin Last edited by Tx Firefighter; 05-12-2014 at 12:43 AM. |
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