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Originally Posted by Twodogs
I've got an 85 Chevy diesel pickup that I feel the same way about. The bedsides are all but gone, but I'd still jump in it and head anywhere. I actually prefer driving it to the 09 I drive daily. The bonus is, it bugs the shit out of the upity neighbors sitting in the drive.  |
I've got an 88 Dodge 3/4 ton about the same way. Not rusted TOO bad, but all of the paint has fallen off of it, got rear ended by a Pepsi truck, took an idiot stick, sledge hammer, and log chain and jerked the ass end of it around so I could get a tail light back in it, replaced the tailgate with a 2x12. And installed an "I brake for tailgaters" bumper sticker on it. I take no shit in traffic.
But I love it. Pull back on the big stick, those vacuum servos lock in the front end with a big clunk (love a straight axle), and you're ready to go. In low range, it will drag off almost anything. For what I use it for, I wouldn't want anything much better.
Everybody needs a rough old truck.
Chas