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Owned this project since 2006. Broke in 2008. Sat in a field for 14 years. I am looking to get this back on the road as a weekend warrior. Mild to medium difficulty trails, on beach driving, and truck camping are what I plan on doing with it.

Here is my new work truck .

I figured I should start a build thread here. It’s a 1984 m1009. The truck was a pile of junk when purchased. It needed new bedsides, floors, rockers and lower b pillars. The windshield area was toast and so was alot of other things. I completely disassembled the truck down to the last bolt...

This is my daily driver/weekend wheeler build that I purchased from my Grandpa in 2002 or so. It was my first truck and stayed pretty much like the picture below until 2012 when I decided to take off the bed and clean up the rear frame that was starting to look pretty crappy. A simple clean...

Bought it as a dumb kid summer 2006. Right about time I joined CK5. Probably that day.

So I started this build a while ago and also have it posted on pirate4x4 but there is a lot of people on here that are not on pirate so I figured I would show my work here as well. Lots of good tech on here and I love hearing peoples feedback. I will do my best to get all my other post on here...

Welcome to My "Official" Stepside Restoration Thread and More! I'm assembling a table of contents so navigating this long build thread can be a lot easier. But first, a little story of my truck: This truck is my first vehicle and I've had it since February of '05 before I even had my...