wow, thanks for all the positive feedback. Nice to have a few shortcuts to the good sites.
Truck's pretty rusty but maybe not beyond repair. i mean, it's useable but I don't know if you guys out west forget how devasting the the road salt up here is.
Reminds me of a trip to Baja back in the '90's; we stopped somewhere in Arizona to have a mechanic look at a mechanical problem on a rusty but trusty 4x4 Suburban- couldn't belive what he said it would be worth on the open market out there (about twice what we'd paid for it).
Anyway, truck's on 31"'s as it sits with about 30% tread life left so a tire purchase is going to happen sooner than later. I don't do a lot of highway driving so the gearing's more or less ok (5th gear is useful but only downhill with a tailwind). I'm on a limited budget and the truck's got to be a work truck for the forseeable future (some commuting, a fair amout of tool hauling). Previous owner did a head gasket & valve job but he says it needs rings and he's probably right (200K on the motor).
I'll try to get some pictures up (still living in the dark ages, camera wise).
