Just get it in the back yard, toss some Christmas lights on it, a fake reindeer or two in the front and say Santa must have broken down and left it for you to fix before Christmas Eve.
It is worth more than $200 in parts!
Maybe you could bring it home one piece at a time. I've been doing that lately with new/used parts to upgrade the C-30. So far, the wife is only confused and not concerned. It's when an entire truck arrives she tends to ask questions.
Mark
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1985 Chevy C-30 Hydraulic Dump Bed
2001 Saturn SC2 (go to work car)
2010 PT Cruiser (wife's car)
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