Remember that time I let someone borrow my truck?

[Rellim51]

Long story short, my gear shift indicator is way off, so instead of drive, it's actually in 1st.....I let someone borrow my truck, they didn't know better, and after 20 miles of hwy speeds in 1st gear, some internal engine parts decided they had rather be external engine parts. BOOM!

A little background on this truck. I kinda got the bug for a square body after missing out on buying a couple of trucks at Goodguys show in Ft Worth last October. On my way home from the show, about an hour from home, I spotted this truck for sale.



It was pretty solid, ran well, and still had original paint. It was a little rougher that what I was looking for but the price was decent so I drove it home. The first thing I did was clean it up and buff the old paint.



Two days later I had some parts to lower it.



This is what it looked like after it was lowered and new tires. I'm running 225/70/15 and 255/70/15 on 15x7's and 15x8's painted gunmetal gray instead of the standard silver.



This is about where the engine blew. I searched for a month or so for a good used engine but couldn't find anything that I felt good about. I decided on one of the $1500 GM crate 350's from Summit and plan on a few upgrades.





That's about where it stands now, I'm planning on getting the old engine and trans pulled this week and start on the new engine.