The day we first met.The pretty green "Abandoned" sticker was what first attracted me to her. It was love at first sight. I bought it from a woman whose estranged boyfriend "borrowed" it, retarded the timing so it wouldn't start, and gave it a less-than-appealing new coat of rustoleum in silver and orange. He then parked it on the street somewhere (hence the sticker). She towed it home, and got disgusted. I saw her ad online and jumped on the deal for a mere $200.00
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The "New Flowmaster dual exhaust" (as stated in the Craigslist ad) was not all it was cracked up to be. The right side pipes were laying in the back of the truck...
and the left side pipes were hanging on for dear life. The rocket-scientist owners boyfriend must have used slip-joint pliers to tighten the clamps
. OH! and her front rally feet sported bald 235/75/15 sneakers, and the silver rear feet were wearing 33 x 11.50's ... good for the transfer case, huh?
Oh man... This has got to be THE WORST dash I have EVER seen in a CK... the seat is gorgeous for a bench, but the rest of the interior is... well, shot.
Courtship, exploration and discoveryI towed her home, and the next day I found this stuff at Lowes called "graffiti remover". Look what I found!
The bed is straight as an arrow. The only flaws I can find are a broken fuel door hinge, and one small rot-spot on the right bedside, rear lower wheel arch.
Absolutely GORGEOUS original rust free gate, complete with superman emblem
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Decent black rally's under the hideous orange paint, but a rotted right-fender
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Even the grille is nice. The Left fender is pitted like it was peppered with stones. Strangely, it is ONLY above the body line??? No where else.
If you give an idiot a can of spray paint, and something valuable... You will regret it.
Ok... a VERY GOOD set of 4 BF Goodrich All-Terrain 235/75/15's, beauty rings and center caps, compliments of my '84 Silverado parts truck. I sprayed the rally's flat black (should have been gloss).
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