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Originally Posted by markeb01
Good idea, this looks scary to me. My first thought is it’s a very nice looking truck externally, and a person could easily drop that much money bringing a truck to this level. But on evaluating the details, it looks typical of a quick turn special painted “resale red”. I’ve known people stung by this type of “restoration”.
There’s no indication if the front suspension remains torsion bar with drum brakes. A ¾ ton rear end is listed, but I’m not familiar with how this can be converted to 5 lug brakes. The interior is missing a few parts, but what seems most telling are the turn signal lever, steering wheel/horn button, emergency brake handle and the stuff under the left side of the dash. A person building a truck to keep finishes these features to the same level as the freshly painted dash. The seat hinges were not even painted before the new cover went on, and I wonder what sins might be hiding above the headliner.
There appears to be no detailing on the chassis, and the engine compartment appears to be slathered in flat black spray cans. Spraying over the proportioning valve and hard lines looks like someone was in a hurry to make everything one color so it could be listed quickly. The steering shaft cover is missing, along with grommets and plugs on most of the firewall openings. These details are out of character with the presentation of the exterior, and scream quick turn profit maker.
From the clamp on battery cable to the hand made aluminum alternator bracket, it appears no cost saving measure was missed. With so many sloppy details it makes me wonder what the sheet metal looks like under the shiny fresh paint.
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I agree 100%, couldn't have said it better myself. Now if it was listed at 5K....then I would say jump on it. Oh, and as far as I know, an 8 lug rear cannot be changed to a 5 lug (5 on 5, or 5 on 4 3/4)......you could always knock 3 studs out
