Vombrown
Mountain Man
Some of ou guys have emailed me and messaged here and I appreciate it. Had a run of bad luck resulting in me having to take a job overseas for a few months to get back on a level keel here. In the process I sold off both of my project trucks. Oh well, they come and they go. I kept my mountain truck however, she's a keeper.
Been scouring craigslist for a week now looking for that "Right" deal on a new project. I can say that I now have her back home with me. A rusty, crusty 1981 K-20. So here's the story. Owner had it listed for 2800 but it was 5 hours away from me. I talked on the phone with him for a bit and he tells me about all the rust in the bed, which I wasn't going to use anyway. Supposed to have a new 350 and a 4 speed with the 208. We are talking on the phone for the second time and he tells me that while he was playing with the truck the night before he pulled the front end apart.....
I had no idea what that meant but asked if it still ran and drove? He says "Oh yeah, it just doesn't go into 4 wheel drive anymore and if you think you might want it, I'll take 1k bucks for it today". Needless to say that was my cue to get in the truck. Loaded a few tools and my girlfriend and we were off. Got there a little after dark in the rain. Looked it over and it's a great looking truck. Has a spanking NEW rough country 4" lift and tires that have not been on there a month. Look it over and notice the front drive shaft has pulled apart. That's what he called " torn apart". I ask if the price is still 1k and pay him, quickly. Get in the old girl and start for home about 8pm. Get 10 miles down the road and the worst of the worst happens. The wiper motor gives up the ghost. 15 miles from any sort of town, in the dark, in the rain. I decide to "ace Ventura" the truck to a pull out and realize that there isn't a drivers window crank! Damn it, foiled again. I continue easing along and stopping to wipe the windshield. Get to the little town and of course there is no parts store open. I stopped in a little truck stop and grab some rainex and hose the windows down with it. Find a little hotel with a diner and call it a night. Get up the next morning, parts run and the wiper is working like a champ. Although I did put the arm on wrong and so now the wipers stop up instead of flat. It was 1 degree outside so I gave a shit, I just wanted them to work! We fuel up and Shag en ze arse. Directly in the worst white out storm of the season on Rogers pass. Dropped down down to 35 MPH for about 50 miles in and out of the town of Lincoln and over the pass. Why 35 MPH you ask? The road was frozen solid with negative temps. I hit. A patch of black ice and the whole truck slid sideways in the middle of a 2 lane with traffic coming....that's why. So after 8 hours on the road, with the required stop at Harbor Freight along the way we got her back to the house. Couldn't make it up the driveway when I got here, damn driveshaft pulled apart again. So I guess the first stop is the drive shaft shop to get a longer front shaft.
Been scouring craigslist for a week now looking for that "Right" deal on a new project. I can say that I now have her back home with me. A rusty, crusty 1981 K-20. So here's the story. Owner had it listed for 2800 but it was 5 hours away from me. I talked on the phone with him for a bit and he tells me about all the rust in the bed, which I wasn't going to use anyway. Supposed to have a new 350 and a 4 speed with the 208. We are talking on the phone for the second time and he tells me that while he was playing with the truck the night before he pulled the front end apart.....
I had no idea what that meant but asked if it still ran and drove? He says "Oh yeah, it just doesn't go into 4 wheel drive anymore and if you think you might want it, I'll take 1k bucks for it today". Needless to say that was my cue to get in the truck. Loaded a few tools and my girlfriend and we were off. Got there a little after dark in the rain. Looked it over and it's a great looking truck. Has a spanking NEW rough country 4" lift and tires that have not been on there a month. Look it over and notice the front drive shaft has pulled apart. That's what he called " torn apart". I ask if the price is still 1k and pay him, quickly. Get in the old girl and start for home about 8pm. Get 10 miles down the road and the worst of the worst happens. The wiper motor gives up the ghost. 15 miles from any sort of town, in the dark, in the rain. I decide to "ace Ventura" the truck to a pull out and realize that there isn't a drivers window crank! Damn it, foiled again. I continue easing along and stopping to wipe the windshield. Get to the little town and of course there is no parts store open. I stopped in a little truck stop and grab some rainex and hose the windows down with it. Find a little hotel with a diner and call it a night. Get up the next morning, parts run and the wiper is working like a champ. Although I did put the arm on wrong and so now the wipers stop up instead of flat. It was 1 degree outside so I gave a shit, I just wanted them to work! We fuel up and Shag en ze arse. Directly in the worst white out storm of the season on Rogers pass. Dropped down down to 35 MPH for about 50 miles in and out of the town of Lincoln and over the pass. Why 35 MPH you ask? The road was frozen solid with negative temps. I hit. A patch of black ice and the whole truck slid sideways in the middle of a 2 lane with traffic coming....that's why. So after 8 hours on the road, with the required stop at Harbor Freight along the way we got her back to the house. Couldn't make it up the driveway when I got here, damn driveshaft pulled apart again. So I guess the first stop is the drive shaft shop to get a longer front shaft.
