Well it finally happened
I had to look at a few or have them looked at by friends to find many "In very very good shape, just minor rust and maybe a little wet transfercase" to be in a more like "see through the floor - dripping transmissionoil all over" condition.
Found one matching my criteria later but did not meet price-wise with the seller first time.
He contacted me a week later again and we could figure out a price we're both happy with.
Gonna pay him (hopefully) today and getting it registered this week. So hopefully i can get it over to me til sunday and ride it.
Truck itself (pics following as soon as i got it out of its shed and can take em) is good old green one. Already has a 4" lift, a new starter/one new generator and new steering rods.
brakes are fresh, it is primed underneath and im gonna add some wax.
Things todo for me but i am happy with that:
- Valvecovers need ne seals (actually dont know if the are put in with gasketmaker or gaskets. web says gasketsilicone or stuff like that, rockauto has cork/rubber seals)
- Benchseat torn (gonna add a saddle blanket until i find an upholstry shop for me)
- Some chubby box on top of the passenger-side of the dash with 4 gauges for transmissiontemp/pressure and stuff like that. Must be removed and then obviously the dash has to be changed or repaired. But as there is a big touchscreen radio in the dash, i guess its time for a new dash...
- Blackout Lightswitch is gone, two buttons for compressor and a big horn hanging out of there (also need that thing to go or install it in a nice way...)
- Two inner Fenders have started to rust away at the bottom. Gonna remove em, see if i can fab a piece and weld it in. If not im gonna get new ones.
Hope that it will hold up technically for the first time (at least until it gets warm outside
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Also i had a good offer from a SS-Member from the Neatherlands but i did not find a day to travel there and check it out. Damn ;/
So far
