greydog27
Junior Member
I love this truck and want to fix and mod it, but it's been sitting out in the elements for years and has quite a bit of rust. Needs a complete paint job, rocker panel replacements and some dent repair. Also, the undercarriage is pretty rusty. Eventually, I'd like to replace a lot of the components anyway, so that's not so bad. Chassis itself is rusty, but it looks like mostly just on the surface, no chunky flakes as far as I can tell. Also, there is a leak somewhere in the cab and the storage compartment under the rear seats gets water in it. I've had 3 or 4 different shops look at it over the years and they either told me they fixed it or there was no leak they could find. Long story short, there is now some minor rust on the seat frames in the cab as well. Superficial, but unsightly. Rear glass likely needs to be removed and re-bedded. Also, the engine block and pretty much everything inside the engine compartment are pretty rusty. Lastly, the engine was remanufactured in 2008 (not sure what for). So... the truck runs great, has only 88k miles, and is really fun to drive. I love it, but not sure it is worth dumping thousands (and then more thousands) of dollars into it. I would consider trading it in, but I haven't found anything similar with such low mileage and manual transmission (a must). So, anything about this model and/or this particular truck in its current condition that would make you say ditch it? Anything special about this model and configuration that would make you say it's a keeper?