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I'm actually torn right now. My Sonoma's going to the scrapyard soon, I turned a deer into an ex-deer with it on the way home from work yesterday. Bastard bounded out head-first into my driver's side quarter. It isn't worth fixing all the damage on top of the fuel issues and clutch that need looking into. So I'm not sure if it's time for a new beater truck, or if I want to splurge a little and get a beater Cherokee instead.
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some texas redneck posted:That's sure a funny looking JVC logo. Heh. Whoops. Jensen. They're both crap though right? 
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Liquid Communism posted:So I'm not sure if it's time for a new beater truck, or if I want to splurge a little and get a beater Cherokee instead.
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saint gerald posted:I love my mid-90s F350. If it were 4WD it would be the perfect truck. You know, I'm not crazy about trucks, I don't need one, I've got a Jeep than can do almost as much as one, but goddam if I don't want a big brickfaced 90's F-350 dually. I don't know what it about those specifically, but man I really want one. They just look like proper trucks to me I guess.
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Apr 10, 2014 02:28
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InitialDave posted:Sounds like you need a Commanche. The best of both worlds. Business in the front, party in the back.
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Apr 10, 2014 02:56
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Only one M, dammit! (I agree though. I own three of them as of 9 days ago. All started life as 6cyl/RWD auto with the lovely rear axle, and all are already or will eventually be 5-speed 4x4 manual transmission vehicles with a variety of engines.)
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You know I just helped my pops score a $600 1996 S-10. Of course the transmission was gone, but after swapping it with one from a junkyard the truck is running good.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Thats a Pipkin thing. He has that wonderful late 60s Chevy that hes always tooling around in. Its my daily driver in the summer, gently caress the Subaru. Not a care in the world when Im driving old Bernice 
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Apr 10, 2014 04:09
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Blaise posted:Heh. Whoops. Jensen. They're both crap though right? JVC's not half bad at all. I've had a few of their head units, and still have a ~20 year old JVC home theater receiver that's used on a daily basis (surround crapped out years ago, but it's just used for music + TV audio in the living room these days). They used to put out some fantastic TVs as well (along with Mitsubishi). JVC also merged with Kenwood several years back, though they still operate under separate labels.
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Apr 10, 2014 05:21
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Fart Pipe posted:Its my daily driver in the summer, gently caress the Subaru. Not a care in the world when Im driving old Bernice You have no idea how much I wish we had poo poo like that in the UK... 
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Apr 10, 2014 09:49
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Having driven a 60s pickup and having driven in the UK, driving one there would be pretty butt-puckering. They're not small, and lots of spaces in the UK are. 
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Apr 10, 2014 12:31
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I care not! People would flee in fear that their nice cars would get scuffed up when up against a ratty old truck from years gone by.
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Apr 10, 2014 13:26
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kastein posted:Only one M, dammit!
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Apr 10, 2014 18:02
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88h88 posted:I care not! People would flee in fear that their nice cars would get scuffed up when up against a ratty old truck from years gone by. The problem is that the poverty-spec alcohol-burning sub-liter shitboxes that Europeans drive around their gokart track streets are snap-together plastic that costs all of about $10 to fix, whereas replacing the cab corners on a 67ish C10 is a fortune. Plus, people would constantly be trying to park in your bed to dodge a $1000 parking fine from a Brussels-appointed parking fascist. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Apr 10, 2014 |
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Apr 10, 2014 18:05
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gently caress replacing cab corners. That's one job that I would gladly pay some one to do.
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You know, I clicked on this thread by accident...boy am I glad I did now. I don't like trucks as a general rule, but this one is pretty awesome!
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Fart Pipe posted:Its my daily driver in the summer, gently caress the Subaru. Not a care in the world when Im driving old Bernice I get a big goddamned grin every time you post pics of that.
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MrChips posted:You know, I clicked on this thread by accident...boy am I glad I did now. I don't like trucks as a general rule, but this one is pretty awesome! Trucks are awesome! All of a sudden, I can do things I couldn't. We have a fire pit at my house. Firewood is expensive at store. But if you buy a 1/2 cord (truck bed worth), it's $60. Picking it up tomorrow 
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Apr 10, 2014 23:48
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$60? Try $0. Go hit up your local craigslist "zip"/free section, I'm sure someone is trying to get rid of a tree!
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Apr 10, 2014 23:51
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Fart Pipe posted:Its my daily driver in the summer, gently caress the Subaru. Not a care in the world when Im driving old Bernice
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Parts Kit posted:This is a really cool truck. Do you have any plans to repaint it? It'd be awesome if you could do so in the original color and get it all pretty again. I think it looks perfect as is.
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Apr 11, 2014 00:12
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Blaise posted:Trucks are awesome! All of a sudden, I can do things I couldn't. Just remember. "Yes I own a truck, no I won't help you move."
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InterceptorV8 posted:Just remember. When my biggest, ugliest, least reliable truck was still running and driving, we used it to move a friend of mine and his girlfriend out of their apartment into their new house. It fit all their furniture and a good number of moving boxes in one run... (I was looking for an excuse to drive it and he paid for fuel. Win/win!)
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Apr 11, 2014 00:22
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Your 600 dollar truck is way better than my last free truck
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kastein posted:$60? Try $0. Go hit up your local craigslist "zip"/free section, I'm sure someone is trying to get rid of a tree! You need space for it to dry though. Or enough gasoline.
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Blaise posted:
This interior is kind of freaking me out. My family's had a lot of Fords - most relevant to this thread an '82 Bronco and a '95 F-150 (which my dad has had since new) - so this interior looks like a bizzaro-world mashup of all of them. Which makes sense, obviously. This thread makes me miss that Bronco a lot. And it makes me want to buy my dad's F-150 from him, should he ever trade it in on a new one (he's been talking about it for half a decade, but can't seem to do it). Enjoy that truck, man. That's a great deal.
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Moey posted:You need space for it to dry though. Or enough gasoline. And the chainsaw, plus the time to cut/split. But then using a chainsaw is fun (and a good used Jonsered can be had for beer money) and splitting is a good workout so I guess you still win.
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Beater trucks are the best things. I've been rocking my '91 Ranger for 12 years now. Getting a decade out of a free truck you dragged out of a field is a big win IMO and even though it started out a freshman beater it's a well seasoned beater now and knows the territory well.
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Fart Pipe posted:Its my daily driver in the summer, gently caress the Subaru. Not a care in the world when Im driving old Bernice I hate you and this thread. Of course this has to be on CL around here: 67' GMC C-10 BUILT BBC 454 - $6500  Little beat up and kinda expensive, but I like it. *edit* OP is kinda freaking me out, username is the same as my older brothers name and you live in seattle 
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You know you want it. Seems like the grille got swapped at some point, it should have "GMC" in the center of it ('67-only feature).
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InterceptorV8 posted:Just remember. This is another benefit of the $600 truck. "I'd love to help you move, but the bed's full of oil and rust, I'm sure you don't want that on your furniture...."
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The problem is that the poverty-spec alcohol-burning sub-liter shitboxes that Europeans drive around their gokart track streets are snap-together plastic that costs all of about $10 to fix, whereas replacing the cab corners on a 67ish C10 is a fortune. Moot point, I'll never get my hands on one without spending silly money to import one anyway.
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Parts Kit posted:This is a really cool truck. Do you have any plans to repaint it? It'd be awesome if you could do so in the original color and get it all pretty again. Im definitely going to paint it the original colors someday, or something close. I have some other projects I want to get done first and I like driving it just the way it is right now. The engine isn't stock so I like surprising people with my rusty old truck. 
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InterceptorV8 posted:Just remember. A few people have asked.  I need to move XYZ. You have a truck now right? "I don't have time. You can borrow it. Put more gas in it than when you got it from me" "ok!" "you drive stick?" "Nevermind."Also, accidental upgrade. Bumped the plastic piece off of my dome light. Turns out it had turned opaque over 25 years. Tried putting it back on to compare... basically didn't have a dome light before. Now it's PERFECT. 
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Im so jealous of your brick nose find, especially being a manual. Its sooo clean!
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Blaise posted:A few people have asked. Yeah, not going to let anyone drive my dually, I can just see them ripping my flares off.
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IOwnCalculus posted:You know you want it. Seems like the grille got swapped at some point, it should have "GMC" in the center of it ('67-only feature). I really do want it, but something tells me if I bring that home the idea of getting another mr2 is done. I was also pumped at first when I saw the interior shot and assumed it was a manual, but apparently just crazy looking shifter for the TH350 auto. Maybe I should get a truck and keep/fix my alltrac......
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poo poo yeah cheapo beater trucks! Mossy or not, be gloriously pleased that your Ford still has most of its paint. Case to the contrary being my 700$ 1990 Dodge Ram, which was done with Chrysler's high tech self-stripping paint.  On the plus side, it may look like complete poo poo, but with the 360, the granny geared 4speed, and the towing-purposed final gears, it's a towing god-machine beyond measure. My uncle, who I bought it off of after he was done with it, hauled a Beetle filled with spare lead, two engines, three transmissions, and some assorted poo poo on a bigass diamond-plated car hauler, at seventy miles an hour, uphill. Also he had another Beetle stuffed in the bed, which I should have gotten a picture of because it was loving ridiculous. Also the AC still works!
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Has anyone replaced their factory carb with a Weber? My factory carb is giving me trouble thanks to a previous owner jury rigging it and the emissions system. There's at least 5 vacuum lines that have been pulled and had a wood screw shoved down them.  I guess when I was replacing some of the hardened lines yesterday I hooked up too many or the wrong thing because now it has no power. This thing seems like an attractive replacement since apparently all that stuff that is vacuum operated on the current one is now electrically controlled. http://www.ebay.com/itm/MAZDA-PICKU...ts=Make%3AMazda|Year%3A1987&hash=item1e86706c1f&vxp=mtr Fart Pipe posted:Im definitely going to paint it the original colors someday, or something close. I have some other projects I want to get done first and I like driving it just the way it is right now. The engine isn't stock so I like surprising people with my rusty old truck. On the other hand I refuse to spend that kind of cash on my truck so it's just getting a cheap rear end black primer + black tractor paint coating. 
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I understand you Blaise. I really do.  This is my truck. Formerly my grandpa's truck, gifted to me when they retired from camping and got a honda SUV. Just got it out of the garage the other day to get new tires for it. I found two service records in the glove box for tires, one was probably for their 5th wheel trailer, and one for the truck. One was 1999, and the other was 2003, I'm not sure which was which but holy poo poo the tires it came with were old as poo poo. I drove it to BC and back on two separate occasions last year, I'm lucky I'm not dead.  It doesn't even have 150k kilometers on it yet. I'm keeping the afghans that my grandma knitted for the bench seat covers though, they're rad.  I wish mine was a manual, that would be amazing.
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