I literally offered it as-is last week, not running, for around $400. Nobody took my offer, so I got it running again myself. Price went up to $1000.

Engine sounds smooth as silk for being just a hair over 200k miles, transmission good too. Needs keys.

Yeah, this is not intended as an advertisement, more like how I got a deceased person’s truck running again. I had to fix basically all the main battery wires, and break the ignition lock.

It cranks, it runs, it needs quite a bit more work, and this isn’t exactly dull is it? 🤦‍♂️

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    Damn. I actually want to keep this truck for myself, but I can’t. It feels like sleeping on a dead man’s couch/bed.

    I want a smaller truck like this, hell I need it. But it’ll just drive me crazy knowing I’m sitting in a dead man’s seat.

    I’m doing good enough to even work on it and test drive it every now and then. It’s haunted though…

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      3 days ago

      I get that. But considering how many times I’ve needed a reasonably sized truck lately, I’d at least think twice lol.

      At least working on them is fun. Despite the money pit it turned out to be, I did enjoy the time I spent tinkering with it and getting it going.

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        3 days ago

        I do have a lot of things to think about before making any definitive decisions… I dunno yet, I’m just at the point of fixing the bare minimum to get it properly road-worthy…

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            To me, repairs and occasional modifications are never the fun part, that’s the tedious part.

            The fun part is when the job is said and done successfully, especially after a good soaking bath followed by a shower, and a beer of course…