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The truck has quite a history, as a displaced Washingtonian I was looking for a nice rust free CA truck that I can take home, anyway I have been talking to the guy about this truck for over a year and either I did not have the money or he did not want to sell well I finally got it out of him.

Anyway the story is that Don, the guy I bought it from was the neighbor of the origional owner, the origional owner drove it to and from work for about 15 years, then on a trip back from Lake Tahoe, a rear tire blew, in the process of changing the tire a drunk driver swerved and hit the owner and his son, killing them both. Don at this time was 15 and he bought the truck from the widowed wife, (for $100) He then drove it through highschool and it was his daily driver for a while, as most high school kids do he hot rodded the truck, that is where the big block and the lift come in... well then like a lot of people he got married and had a child so a dependable vehicle was needed. When he bought his new truck this one became a parts runner for the Mechanic shop that he owns.

The truck has been driven about 2 times a month for the last 4 years, and I just happened to tell him that I wanted the truck. He had a hard time parting with it, due to the sentimental attachment but eventually he sold it to me, with the stipulation that if I ever sold it he had first shot at buying it back.

So as nice as the truck is there is a responsibility that comes with it, to keep a guys memory alive.