Well, truth be told I'm not totally new to the site. I have already tapped the knowledge of this great site with a couple pre-buying questions and according to the counter logged nearly 14 hours on the site reading.
But, now I can officially say I have in my garage (barely) a 1985 K20 LWB 4X4, 350ci 4spd sitting on 33/10.50/R16 ProComp Xterrains with a grand total of only 145k miles on it. Its to dark and the weather is to bad for me to get pics at the moment. I hope to update this thread tomorrow with some; weather permitting. The garage is to small and cluttered at the moment to get any pics worth sharing.
I live in the Crescent City CA area on the coast about 15 minutes from the OR border. So when I said the true north, I meant it. This is my second Chevy truck but my first full size, and first 4x4. I'm almost 32 and until now the timing and money just never worked out for me.
Before I really am able to get into fixing it up I need to finish getting to pass the sniffer. A tune up, oil change, carb adjustment, and installing the smog pump (that I already have) should be all I need now. Its got a straight rust free body and by the time it passes smog I will only be in it for about $1,300 not counting DMV fees (paid them today, $211.00, ouch).
Well off to work, just thought I would check in and officially say hi.
**UPDATE**
I took these pics today, This is exactly as I picked it up. No clean up, I took nothing out of the bed. I like to take some good 'as I got it' pics so I can see just how far I have come. When I get a chance I will clean out the bed and what not but I just wanted to show exactly what I got for $1,000.
And finally the only rust I can find. Passenger side floor board. I have a friend that will weld in the replacement panel when I get it:
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