Parting is such sweet sorrow

[mountainexplorer]

I had only owned my '77 K20 from this January through today when I sold it. And I felt sad watching it go down the road. I really need to stop getting attached to things.

On the bright side, now I have $1100 and can finish paying off an '81 K30 I'm buying.

 

[obijuan]

NOOOOOOO!!!!! i did the same thing in may. it was a sad sad day.

 

[cybrfire]

I always try to tell myself its just another tool. Just like anyting else in the shop, Never works.

 

[sled_dog]

I don't mind the parting, its a week later I really miss it.

But if you get that attached Allen, your life must be hell with how much you buy and sell stuff, ha.

 

[divorced]

Parting is such sweet sorrow

For some reason I was thinking of "Parting" as "scraping" when I opened this. Not many of my trucks live long enough to be sold as complete units. I cut up 2 trucks within the last week.

 

[Avery4jc]

You sold a running K20 for $1100? You should feel bad, how do you sleep at night? That truck would be worth thousands here.

-Avery

 

[mountainexplorer]

Thousands? haha, it wasn't that nice. I paid $750 for it with a 454 and new TH350, and swapped in a 350 and different TH350 and then drove it for a while. It cost me $100 in fuel to get it, about $100 in title transfer/tax/licensing, and a few other odds and ends.

I kept the 454 motor with Edelbrock carb, rebuilt TH350 and NP203, cab visor, 3" Flowmaster exhaust, plus I got 2 jackstands and a few misc tools with it. It had a brand new pair of Hooker headers too, but I gave those to a friend that I owed a pair of headers to.

I swapped the 350 motor, tranny and T-case, radiator and exhaust from a '76 K20 parts truck into it.

So I guess I can't complain. The 454 wasn't anything special but I'm gonna throw a bigger cam in it, different heads and a gear drive and stick it into my Stepside.

 

[Avery4jc]

Thousands? haha, it wasn't that nice. I paid $750 for it with a 454 and new TH350, and swapped in a 350 and different TH350 and then drove it for a while. It cost me $100 in fuel to get it, about $100 in title transfer/tax/licensing, and a few other odds and ends.

I kept the 454 motor with Edelbrock carb, rebuilt TH350 and NP203, cab visor, 3" Flowmaster exhaust, plus I got 2 jackstands and a few misc tools with it. It had a brand new pair of Hooker headers too, but I gave those to a friend that I owed a pair of headers to.

I swapped the 350 motor, tranny and T-case, radiator and exhaust from a '76 K20 parts truck into it.

So I guess I can't complain. The 454 wasn't anything special but I'm gonna throw a bigger cam in it, different heads and a gear drive and stick it into my Stepside.

Still sounds like a heck of a steal.

-Avery