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This truck was an amateur restoration, so it is a great, "20 footer" but the flaws are evident once you walk up close. Flat steel was welded in to replace floor body parts that had the ribs in them, the rear fenders were a mix of welded patches & riveting in place, rather than welded, etc.... But it is definitely a truck you can just drive & have fun with, as it is. Or, if you prefer, you could get a replacement body & do a full restoration. It all depends on what you want to do with it. Personally, if we were keeping it, I'd just tinker on it for fun (bumpers, winch, OME lift, the fun stuff) & drive it as it is for a few years, then one day when we have time & money consider a resto.
The truck was an April of 83 build, and originally had an oem 5 speed, but it was replaced with a 4 speed at some point. It has the OEM 3B Diesel engine & we think the lower geared Euro spec 4 speed, with discs up front & an OEM roll bar, which wasn't super common on Euro spec MWB trucks. It was red originally, and still is in the engine bay. It had some sort of bench seat up front, with no jump seats in the back, but we put correct OEM buckets up front. We moved the bench to the back(not yet mounted, just sitting there), but we do also have a set of OEM jump seats available, so the buyer could choose one seating option or the other. Oh, also it has 16" split rims (a slightly smaller set of Dunlop All Terrains go with it too – 6 ties in total, 2 brand new spares & 4 with about 50% tread) & is left hand drive. The gauges mostly work, but the fuel gauge doesn't seem to show full, but floats between a quarter to a half tank until it starts getting below that. We put a brand new OEM fuel sender in, thinking it would fix the issue, but it did not. So we aren’t sure what is the issue with it at this point. We’re also not sure if the ammeter works or not. We don't really know how to tell if it is working perfectly, or not at all & just stuck in the middle. We also just finished rebuilding the center arm on it to fix a bit of road wander/slop that it had. When we first got it a couple of years ago it had a fuel deliver issue, so we replaced the primer pump (Lift Pump) with the Bosch replacement pump, so that is pretty new. We then realized it was a gummed-up fuel pick up in the tank, so we dropped the tank & cleaned it. We’ve had no issues since then. We also had the radiator pulled & boiled out during a coolant swap, so it is clean & runs nicely. Like everyone always does, we did filters & fluids & such when we first got it, so it has pretty new fluids throughout, as well as low miles on the fuel & oil filters.
This truck is titled here in Colorado, in our name & passed emissions a few weeks ago. Anyway, if you want more info or want to follow up & see it in person, We’re happy to meet up at some point. It will likely be at the Rising Sun Rally in September as well.
The truck was an April of 83 build, and originally had an oem 5 speed, but it was replaced with a 4 speed at some point. It has the OEM 3B Diesel engine & we think the lower geared Euro spec 4 speed, with discs up front & an OEM roll bar, which wasn't super common on Euro spec MWB trucks. It was red originally, and still is in the engine bay. It had some sort of bench seat up front, with no jump seats in the back, but we put correct OEM buckets up front. We moved the bench to the back(not yet mounted, just sitting there), but we do also have a set of OEM jump seats available, so the buyer could choose one seating option or the other. Oh, also it has 16" split rims (a slightly smaller set of Dunlop All Terrains go with it too – 6 ties in total, 2 brand new spares & 4 with about 50% tread) & is left hand drive. The gauges mostly work, but the fuel gauge doesn't seem to show full, but floats between a quarter to a half tank until it starts getting below that. We put a brand new OEM fuel sender in, thinking it would fix the issue, but it did not. So we aren’t sure what is the issue with it at this point. We’re also not sure if the ammeter works or not. We don't really know how to tell if it is working perfectly, or not at all & just stuck in the middle. We also just finished rebuilding the center arm on it to fix a bit of road wander/slop that it had. When we first got it a couple of years ago it had a fuel deliver issue, so we replaced the primer pump (Lift Pump) with the Bosch replacement pump, so that is pretty new. We then realized it was a gummed-up fuel pick up in the tank, so we dropped the tank & cleaned it. We’ve had no issues since then. We also had the radiator pulled & boiled out during a coolant swap, so it is clean & runs nicely. Like everyone always does, we did filters & fluids & such when we first got it, so it has pretty new fluids throughout, as well as low miles on the fuel & oil filters.
This truck is titled here in Colorado, in our name & passed emissions a few weeks ago. Anyway, if you want more info or want to follow up & see it in person, We’re happy to meet up at some point. It will likely be at the Rising Sun Rally in September as well.
