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04-13-2010, 10:19 PM
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Bought my first truck
I've owned four cars, but this is my first truck.
Here is the craigslist add. http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/1687907336.html Needs tires, and the steering is sloppy. It's loud, loose, and BLUE, but tons of fun. |
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04-13-2010, 10:22 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Nice!
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04-13-2010, 10:23 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Thanks!
Its a wiring nightmare, but I can fix most of it I think. |
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04-13-2010, 10:29 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
2.5 tons of fun to be sure! looks good! a lot better than my first truck!
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04-13-2010, 10:31 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Its got a mid eighties interior, power steering, power brakes, front discs, and the rear window rolls down.
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04-13-2010, 10:32 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Looks good. More pics please. The guys dog that I bought my truck from chewed up the headlight wiring and one of the break lines. He also pulled the plug off the rear for the tails and chewed the e-brake cable in half. I just matched everything back up by color. It looked like a nightmare at first but really wasn't that bad. Nice truck and Good Luck.
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04-13-2010, 10:33 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
More pics tomorrow most likely. You'll have to excuse the ugly it has I'm afraid.
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04-13-2010, 10:47 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Can't be much uglier than mine...lol
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04-13-2010, 10:53 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Pretty ****ing close man.
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04-14-2010, 07:12 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
 Funky bumper, torn up headlight housings  custom door dent  Rear end lopsided, another funky bumper  Spare tire goodness  GMC steering wheel, barely functioning gas and fuel gauges, and my 350 radio   The better of the two doors  The worse of the two doors  Tcase shifter, cup holder, and rearview  Free brush pile, blown tire Last edited by geod919; 04-14-2010 at 07:14 PM. |
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04-14-2010, 07:13 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
 Rotted bed floor  Knobby, but dry rotted tires  You can see my 350 radio down here  Not leaky! 
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04-14-2010, 08:40 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
i love your truck!! dude its sweet the bumpers look awsome its just raw, bare bones country boy truck rite there! hey and my 77 had that same air cleaner for a while there
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04-16-2010, 07:58 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Apparently the truck came with center line wheels?
The guys at the tire store were impressed. Anyway, new tires!    Wild country radial mtx's in 33x12.50x15 Good on dry and wet pavement so far, awaiting offroad review. Can't hear them over the exhaust and wind on the expressway, so I'd say noise level is decent =] Now to lean my carb out some (getting occasional bogging down, puffs of white smoke from the exhaust, and the airfilter reeked of gas.) And to clean up several po's wiring hax. |
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04-17-2010, 01:15 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Your off to a good start bud. Keep the pics coming
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04-17-2010, 02:06 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Looks like a good start!!!
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04-17-2010, 04:18 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Hey sweet that's awesome you finally got a truck they are so much more fun by far
 Looks like your heading in the right direction like the new meaty tires they look pretty good!
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04-18-2010, 03:17 AM
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haha, ford guys...
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Re: Bought my first truck
nice truck! i like the bumbers, back n the day we used to hide extra tow rope in em while we wheeled.
one think you may consider is a full strip and sand blast it all, sense its so bare already... just a thought. btw, take that air filter and make it into a frisby!! nice truck man!!!! |
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04-18-2010, 05:04 AM
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Re: Bought my first truck
to be honest, that aint a bad truck!
as long as it's a "work in progress" it can only get better. decent find. |
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04-19-2010, 12:13 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Wired up the rear window, it rolls up and down at the push of a button! lol
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04-20-2010, 02:24 AM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Looks like it will be a fun toy.
Enjoy it and remember you don't have to do everything all at once.
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04-20-2010, 10:07 AM
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El Mero Mero Frijolero!!
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Re: Bought my first truck
Quote:
I've never seen that before.
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04-20-2010, 10:42 AM
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Re: Bought my first truck
I've got to run some errands today, I will remember to get some pics lol
Last edited by geod919; 04-20-2010 at 10:42 AM. Reason: typo |
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04-20-2010, 02:06 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
       The weather stripping is askew, and its hella dirty, but it works pretty well now. |
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04-20-2010, 04:14 PM
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Re: Bought my first truck
Does anybody know anything about this rear window? I want one!
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