Wanted to share my latest purchase with you all. Back in 1999 I financed my first vehicle purchase. I paid $10k for a sharp 100k mile K1500. I put 80K miles on it and had a ton of memories behind the wheel over 3 years. I took my wife out on our first date, and we even drove it away at our wedding. 6 months after we where married and feeling like I wanted a new truck I sold it to a good friend.

Almost 7 years past and we find ourselves needing a truck again. I call up my buddy and he says he'd sell it. He had it for 7 years and didn't even put 7k miles on it. He added a 3" body lift, lift lips, 305/75/16 MT Baja Claws on Classic II's.

Got it home and been driving it for a week. The tranny is going out, no big deal. Bought a 2005 complete pull out this evening from the local salvage yard.

Here she is.

 

Good looking truck.. I did something like you did a couple years back..

 

i likes. please tell me your gonna put an ls motor.

 

wow that truck looks exactly like my old truck. Nice truck

wish i had it back.

talk about flash backs

 

Duh. :-)

 

I don't see it.... looks nothing like mine. I don't have the z71 decal. If I didn't know better it could pass for the same truck

 

ls motor swap

 

6.0 with 80e would be awesome in that truck.

 

Seeing that truck really and reading your story really hits home with my 93 I sold to a friend about four years ago, He wont sell it back either. Here's a couple of pics of my 93 and one of my 97, I really wanted to do LS swaps in both but it never happened.(SORRY FOR THE LARGE PICS)

 

I really struggled with doing it. I'm on a budget "again". I wanted to do the 6.0/80E but the added cost over the 5.3/60E, as well as the added cost to swap drive shafts. The 5.3/60E will be a direct swap and shouldn't take any time at all to put in place.

We are looking to build a house and my man garage this spring.... SO I'm willing to sacrifice