I HAVE BEEN RESTORING THE TRUCK MY GRANDMA BOUGHT MY DAD ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO I learnd to drive in this thing and we have been all over the usa in it the truck has almost 270,000 miles on it and still runs great about 3 years ago the tranny went out and we put a newly rebuilt unit in only to find it didnt shift like it should .fed up with it at that point we parked it at my other grandmas house it sat there for a year .well my dads mom passed away and my moms mom had it towed off her property .well i soon started my own tow company and made freinds with alot of peple in the industry.after the truck being gone for two years i found it in my buddy junk yard at the bottom of a junk pile and bought it back i put my jump box in it pumped the gas and fired up and drove it on my truck he couldnt beleve the thing ran ..i took it strait to my freinds tranny shop and had the trans rebuilt ..progres is as follows ...
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cool project!!
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Gray "Ghost" is that what you mean? My buddy had an 88 Dakota just like the one you took the front clip off of.
I like the lawn furniture. Are you doing it bone stock or any mods to it
nothing better than a great story behind a build.
Yeah i like the story cool project good thing you saved it
IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN MY GRNDMA GAVE IT TO HIM EXCEPT THE INTERIOR WILL BE UPGRADED .....AND SEE MY DAD DONT EVEN KNOW I HAVE IT ..IT WAS SOPOSED TO BE A FATHERS DAY GIFT BUT I DIDNT GET IT DONE IN TIME.I NEED TO PUT THE ON .INSTALL THE SEAT DO BODY WORK ON CAB AND THEN PAINT IT
That thing SOOOOO needs a 440 :hick:
Excellent project, Bearmax. I some day wanna do the same thing with a '78 Ramcharger, although I'm relatively certain that the actual '78 Ramcharger that I want to find has loooooooong been recycled into lawnmower blades...
So tell me - after looking at the cars in that pile and coming to the conclusion that every one of them are in better condition (in terms of rust) than most of the cars on the road around here, what exactly drives somebody to junk a car in Florida? Around here they're junked when rusted so bad they can't be fixed for safety inspection (usually frame rust or serious floor/unibody rust). Rarely does the body outlast the drivetrain - or junkyards are filled with perfectly good engines and transmissions sitting in rusted out basket cases...
...oh, and can ya snag me the left door mirror off that Town Car in the pile-o-junkers pic? :hick:
:cool: (Bearmax) we will call this task the "dakota- project" when you succeed, don't forget to pat yourself on the back :banana:
well people junk cars down here just for money it dont matter what is wrong with them for instace i bought a 99 taurus sho for $100 yesterday that needs a coolnt resovore well its now for sale for $3,500 on my lot also that licoln is long gone but i get them all the time ill keep an eye out for ya...
they junk cars down here for any thing for instince i paid $100 for a 99 taurus sho yesterday that needs a coolnt resavore i now have it on my lot for $3,500 pluse the city gets all over every ones ass when a car sits to long in your yard ill keep an ye out for a mirror i get stuff every day
That's awesome man! Survivor for sure after being in that pile. :hick:
BTW, check out the Caddy in the pile, WTF.
they junk cars down here for any thing for instince i paid $100 for a 99 taurus sho yesterday that needs a coolnt resavore i now have it on my lot for $3,500 pluse the city gets all over every ones ass when a car sits to long in your yard ill keep an ye out for a mirror i get stuff every day
! Nice score.
It cost me that much for doors and seats for my 'bird lol.