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I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:17 pm
by jsquared
And got a huge piece of shit!

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Naw it aint that bad, pics make it worse than it looks. Should clean up nicely :)

Mystery rear shackle lift

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Mystery front lift

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Mystery of the missing interior panels

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Oh there you are! Also, mystery seats

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Mysteriously rebuilt

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4WD works though

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Sup.

Hey.

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Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:23 pm
by Treefish
So goooooood, nice solid front too

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:30 pm
by jsquared
Yeah it run nice, needs a lotta work tho haha. Im trying to get on Austin's level.

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:47 pm
by CodyW
Hahaha, such an awesome review. I'm jealous for real though, can't wait to check it out in person soon.

Called about a bunch lately but can't find anything halfway decent that fits my budget. Found a $2900 87 in abalambala that looks decent but no heat, no ac, no gas gauge, super high miles, etc. Then found another really clean one in Grant Park but it's also pretty high miles and they want $5k, ugh. Bunch of them up in NC right now but no one has returned my calls and I don't want to drive ~4-5 hours for something I'm not pretty certain of. I'll get in the club eventually :).

But yea, congrats again! Holler if you've got some free time and can meet up soon, I wanna go for a ride!

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:51 pm
by jsquared
Yeah man lets do it this weekend if you got time, Im going to be going through it all tomorrow probably, organizing and cleaning lol

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:52 pm
by CodyW
Sweet! I gotta bust out a ton of S3 work for the new issue at some point tomorrow and then going to cook out/shoot .22's in the woods with my dad Sunday but I'll holler if I get some free time!

If not, I should have some time in the next couple of weekends perhaps.

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:43 pm
by Generz
Congrats!

Makes perfect sense that after I sell the Warwagon everyone is starting to get offroad rigs.

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:05 am
by FooSchnickens
You sold my subaru? You dick!

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:41 am
by Greg
FooSchnickens wrote:You sold my subaru? You dick!

get in line. :(

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:47 pm
by FooSchnickens
:gonk:

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:21 pm
by andysapp
Sup. Hey.
LOVE THAT!

See... you can't sell the FC. They're best pals now!
Congrats dude!!

When all you dudes start going mudding... I want to go shoot ya'll!

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:43 pm
by jsquared
I spent all day cleaning mud from the inside today totally sucked, I dont know whether to try and make this thing nicer or just F it and worry about other stuff haha. Im too particular I think.

Good news is theres plenty of other stuff to worry about. I started making a list and stopped at three pages. Did I mention it might need a head gasket?

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:42 pm
by CodyW
Oh man, sucks it does need one! :(

Hope it all goes ok though, I suck at car stuff but I'll be glad to help if you need anything! I saw a ton of 4runner bro's in east atlanta last night too (2 1st gens, 1 SAS'd 2nd gen), we need to find these dudes and learn all their fun, haha.

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:34 pm
by jsquared
Well so far no more milky stuff, let it run for about 30 minutes and took a drive around the block and it still looked good so maybe its ok? No smoke either so who knows, compression check next weekend and I should know more.

Got the interior hosed out and all the mud gone, rear seats bolted in, front seat belts in, passenger seat in, and picked up a sweet ass set of Ram Van side mirrors at pull a part today, they are huge haha. Also picked up some second gen tailgate latch cables and they swapped into mine perfect, back opens up like buttah now.

Gotta do the rear brakes, bleed all 4, flush/bleed the clutch and put the drivers seat in and its ready for the road!! Well, technically ready, still tons left to do to get it ready for long trips haha.

Re: I went out to buy myself a truck...

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:34 am
by CodyW
Sweet, glad it's coming along!

Gonna try to scope out that 87 auto in Athens soon, maybe next weekend if possible.