[jimbonice]

Thank for the advice. My understanding is that the truck is rust free now, but I'll know when I see it. Just planning on using it for spring and summer to pack the camper and boat around (my Hemi Ram 1500 is too short and light to do it) so not to worried about tinkering.

My daily driver is a Buick Park Avenue Ultra, my better half has her owm Malibu Maxx and my kids have their share of oil leakers parked in my driveway, so no shortage of wheels to get around with. I appreciate the economy 6.2's and 6.5's get, but I'm a gasaholic so big blocks turn my crank. I drove truck for many years and know first hand that diesels for a weekend warrior can be expensive economy. It takes miles to make 'em pay and I won't put on 2000 a year. I've owned in the past a 1947 Merc truck, 1970 AMX, 454 Chevelle, 401 Hornet, 427 CJ-5 Jeep, V-10 8.0 Dodge Ram, V-10 Excursion, just sold a Magnum hemi R\T, so no stranger to the pumps.

I've got a dual plane for a 454 sitting in my garage and with a set of headers and a recurved distributor the dually should sing for the short season I'll use it. The 700r4 should drop the rpm's from the 4.11 diff into a respectable range.

But ...... I got to buy the thing first.

Cheers,