(well that's what Andrea said when I first announced my plan)
So i've been needing a DD for a while now since losing the company truck.
I had bought a 87 300SDL last year with the want of making it very nice looking inside and out but the MB prices were making me balk at some things (motor things are cheap but not interior/exterior things) especially when I lost my job. So I kind of lost interest in it and am either going to sell the car or pull the engine for a "future" project and scrap the rest (4000lbs will still bring in some nice coin)
Then I had my old DD 95 ford ranger single cab..... just too darn small. So I put an add out there to sell it.
Got a few tire kickers that wanted to buy it for $300 or so but nothing else. Then I got an email about a trade for a 84 4x4 suburban. Well the size would be nice for me but at 10mpg i'd rather drive the cruiser. So I told him I wasn't interested.... then I get the 2nd email.... oh its a diesel you say???
Diesel subs from that era could get over 21mpg hwy which isn't too far off from what the ranger got. (23 on a good day)
So yesterday the trade went through.... and i've got a DD that can haul 9 people and still get decent gas mileage (well what I consider decent) and most of the time we drive Andrea's car anyway. And now we have another camping vehicle that I don't have to take a 2nd loan out to pay for gas if we aren't doing any wheeling.
Interior and exterior are rough on this one but the difference between this and the mercedes is there are tons of them lying around since GM sold "ten billion" of them in the 80's so parts are plentiful and cheap.
I'm going to steal a page out of johnny's book and Raptor line the entire vehicle. Redo the interior (already found most of the parts very clean at the pick and pull.
Banks turbo kit down the road.
Maybe if I eve have some $$$ and go crazy a 6bt for this and the 6.2 diesel in the cruiser.
Anyone want a UNC plate/frame??
So i've been needing a DD for a while now since losing the company truck.
I had bought a 87 300SDL last year with the want of making it very nice looking inside and out but the MB prices were making me balk at some things (motor things are cheap but not interior/exterior things) especially when I lost my job. So I kind of lost interest in it and am either going to sell the car or pull the engine for a "future" project and scrap the rest (4000lbs will still bring in some nice coin)
Then I had my old DD 95 ford ranger single cab..... just too darn small. So I put an add out there to sell it.
Got a few tire kickers that wanted to buy it for $300 or so but nothing else. Then I got an email about a trade for a 84 4x4 suburban. Well the size would be nice for me but at 10mpg i'd rather drive the cruiser. So I told him I wasn't interested.... then I get the 2nd email.... oh its a diesel you say???
Diesel subs from that era could get over 21mpg hwy which isn't too far off from what the ranger got. (23 on a good day)
So yesterday the trade went through.... and i've got a DD that can haul 9 people and still get decent gas mileage (well what I consider decent) and most of the time we drive Andrea's car anyway. And now we have another camping vehicle that I don't have to take a 2nd loan out to pay for gas if we aren't doing any wheeling.
Interior and exterior are rough on this one but the difference between this and the mercedes is there are tons of them lying around since GM sold "ten billion" of them in the 80's so parts are plentiful and cheap.
I'm going to steal a page out of johnny's book and Raptor line the entire vehicle. Redo the interior (already found most of the parts very clean at the pick and pull.
Banks turbo kit down the road.
Maybe if I eve have some $$$ and go crazy a 6bt for this and the 6.2 diesel in the cruiser.
Anyone want a UNC plate/frame??
) She told him he could get a small pickup for hauling parts though
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