Man, nothing in my life is normal.
So I’ll try my best to summarize without confusing too many people.
As of Friday morning, the plan was to head to Nebraska to trade this truck for a 67-72 Suburban and a ‘75 2wd Suburban. A guy had reached out and offered both as a trade for The Warden.
The plan was to sell the ‘75 for cash, and keep the 67-72 as they are hard to come by.
But……lol
My Dad ended up calling me and asking if I would trade for a ‘78 Blazer he just picked up a couple months ago.
Along with all of this, we were notified Friday afternoon that my wife was accepted into a student loan forgiveness program for people who have worked for more than 10 years in a non-for-profit company in the field of their degree. (Side note: we paid $48k of our original $50k student loans, but still owed $44k due to interest. So was it really forgiveness? No lol). This changed everything as we “over paid” by 9 payments and will receive that money back.
So the story on the ‘78 goes like this;
A couple months back my dad and I drove up to Iowa to pick up a good full vert top for his ‘75 he has sitting in storage. On the way up he found a ‘78 on market place that seemed super clean and ran good, but was almost too cheap to be a real ad. So after texting the guy a few times, we determined it was legit and the guy had no idea what he had. He was the original owner and the truck only had 27k miles on it. Yes you read that right, 27k documented miles due to paperwork in the glove box. We grabbed it on the way back and I drove it home an hour at 70mph with the cruise set and the AC blowing cold.
So after some thought and conversations with my wife and boys, we decided to skip the 2 suburban deal and jump on the opportunity to own a literal Time Capsule and deal of a lifetime.
My dad will now be the owner of the Warden, I will be finishing the 4x4 swap on his dime, and we don’t officially have to say goodbye yet. I will now own a ‘75/‘78/‘86 K5, and have a solid driver while I really focus on the 2 projects.
So on that note, this thread will be updated as Pops decides to work on this truck.
Believer or not, God has a funny way of making life one worth grabbing popcorn and enjoying the twists and turns.
To be continued…
(Pssst, see my new thread for pictures of the ‘78.)
So I’ll try my best to summarize without confusing too many people.
As of Friday morning, the plan was to head to Nebraska to trade this truck for a 67-72 Suburban and a ‘75 2wd Suburban. A guy had reached out and offered both as a trade for The Warden.
The plan was to sell the ‘75 for cash, and keep the 67-72 as they are hard to come by.
But……lol
My Dad ended up calling me and asking if I would trade for a ‘78 Blazer he just picked up a couple months ago.
Along with all of this, we were notified Friday afternoon that my wife was accepted into a student loan forgiveness program for people who have worked for more than 10 years in a non-for-profit company in the field of their degree. (Side note: we paid $48k of our original $50k student loans, but still owed $44k due to interest. So was it really forgiveness? No lol). This changed everything as we “over paid” by 9 payments and will receive that money back.
So the story on the ‘78 goes like this;
A couple months back my dad and I drove up to Iowa to pick up a good full vert top for his ‘75 he has sitting in storage. On the way up he found a ‘78 on market place that seemed super clean and ran good, but was almost too cheap to be a real ad. So after texting the guy a few times, we determined it was legit and the guy had no idea what he had. He was the original owner and the truck only had 27k miles on it. Yes you read that right, 27k documented miles due to paperwork in the glove box. We grabbed it on the way back and I drove it home an hour at 70mph with the cruise set and the AC blowing cold.
So after some thought and conversations with my wife and boys, we decided to skip the 2 suburban deal and jump on the opportunity to own a literal Time Capsule and deal of a lifetime.
My dad will now be the owner of the Warden, I will be finishing the 4x4 swap on his dime, and we don’t officially have to say goodbye yet. I will now own a ‘75/‘78/‘86 K5, and have a solid driver while I really focus on the 2 projects.
So on that note, this thread will be updated as Pops decides to work on this truck.
Believer or not, God has a funny way of making life one worth grabbing popcorn and enjoying the twists and turns.
To be continued…
(Pssst, see my new thread for pictures of the ‘78.)
