Low buck daily driver

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I bought this truck to use as parts for my crew cab. The previous owner was the original owner and took great care of it. He spun a bearing in it last year, since he is a mechanic he pulled the crank, machined it and out new bearings in it. Although everything worked well he didn't trust it to pull his holiday trailer anymore. I picked it up for $1500.00.

Here are some details.

242,000kms, 5.7 Vortec/4l60E, cloth interior. Very decent body.

Once I started going over the truck I decided that it was way too nice to part out. I still plan on swapping the boxes but that's about it. The box on my crew is caved in behind the drivers wheel, I had new tires put on at Kal Tire and forgot to go back in to have the wheels retorqued and lost the wheel on the freeway, luckily only the truck was damaged.

I convinced the wife to let me keep it. I just had to promise to do it as cheap as possible.

Here's the basic plan.

Change up the wheels
Lose the canopy, add a tonneau cover
Mild lowering job
Buy as many parts used as possible, with the exception of safety type things of course. I just plan on keeping it simple and enjoy it.