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Thanks! Posting this is all mostly so that in the future I have something to go back and remind me of my misadventures. But I'm glad you appreciate it. Especially since while the truck is getting a new lease on life, it's not as a high dollar resto like you say. Which is a fine thing that I like to see, just not something I feel this truck is a good candidate for.Great thread! Seems all we get here are high $ “resto” builds anymore. This is refreshing
Keep up the great work
I grew up on a farm, and have spent a significant portion of my 32 years fixing previous owners' jerry-rigging and so called fixes. So while I won't tolerate repairs that are functionally dubious/unreliable, I am totally fine with making solid fixes from scrap I've got laying around or unconventional means, even if it doesn't look super nice/original (at least on projects like this).
You probably wouldn't guess it from Reading this thread but I'm often a perfectionist, being very anal about details regarding how things are done and what they look like. Projects like this for me are a way to pull back towards the other end of the spectrum in order to try and keep a healthier perspective and balance out my more unreasonable tendencies. Frankly this particular truck isn't worth high dollar investment to make nice, but it's still too solid to warrant scrapping/parting out (in my opinion). So it's in a unique position to be used as originally intended without much worry over it's condition, at least athletically. A perfect candidate for a Lemons Rally, and if it survives that continuing serve as a camping and farm rig plus whatever else I don't want to subject my Frontier to.