New paint and 200,000 miles.

[SVS]

Thank you for doing that, the paint job. Lots of people, they say, "200,000 miles?! Are you nuts?! No, you need a new car (no, that is not a car, that is a truck!)!" With a vehicle like that, I'd do the paint job over and over until the rear axle started falling off, the hard top blows off on the highway, and I can suddenly see the lane stripes going by under my feet! Then, it's time to hire a welder to make me a new frame or find a new frame, repair the rust damage on the body connecting to the hard top (I would not let my Scout get like that when I go through my first restoration cycle with it in a few years, and no, I have not gotten it completed yet, BUT, I have news).

It reminded me of Reverend Grumbles in south Texas in the 70s and 80s... He had a Datsun wagon, and because he traveled as a minister and worked the oil fields in his wagon, he supposedly had over 400,000 miles on it and had a new paint job on it at that same mileage you did.

Stephanie

Good thoughts. No good reason to dispose of an item that is still functional. Newer and better will always be available but at a price. I like the idea of keeping the money I have and using it to travel and to help others.

Plus no better name has ever been given to a 4x4 than: TROOPER

Additionally (letting her go) I'd miss the seats I installed a couple years ago......

I bet your reverand friend had a 510 wagon. I started my driving years with those cars and I loved them, had two. My first one was in an accident and my dad and I bought it back from the Ins co. Bought a second one and eventually restored the first. That experiance with my father taught me the value of taking care of the things we are blessed with. Good lessons to learn young in life.

 

[AmericaOverland]

I bet your reverand friend had a 510 wagon.

I believe it was a Datsun 810 station wagon.

 

[wrigh003]

That's a fantastic looking truck. Good job.

What's up with the purple seats, though?

 

[SVS]

That's a fantastic looking truck. Good job.

What's up with the purple seats, though?

The original seats were worn out and I found the Recaros on Cragslist. They were dyed purple to match the interior of the previous car. I was told it was a Mitsubishi Eclipse that showed a few years back at SEMA in Vegas.