Found this 77' PIG in Colorado Springs, CO. It wasn't up for sale for long before I, and a few others, were beating down the door of this Mud member. It was in storage for about 25 years and it has MINIMAL rust and what rust there is, is negligible. If you see rust, it's surface rust and is rock hard. The areas that are seriously prone to rust, doesn't have any. Only one spot on the rear passenger door has bonding agent. The bottom of the doors are even solid, the roof has zero rust, the gutters have some surface rust and typical rusting areas but VERY minimal.
So, after learning all of this, I decided to take a father-son trip at a moments notice and we flew out to Denver. He has never flown before and was super excited when I woke him up at 4:30 am. Confused as to what was going on, but stoked. We are in the Chicago airport now for our last connection to Charleston and he's worn out. It's been a QUICK TRIP.
We arrived in CO, took it for a pre-purchase inspection, drove it and bought it this morning. Mechanically, the truck needs work. The compression worries me. Two at 90, two at 105 and two at 110. With compression that low it should have a hard time getting out of the way from itself. So I think there is a valve adjustment issue because the truck runs really strong. Redline Cruisers worked on the truck and he was surprised at the compression numbers. I am going to have Glenn take a look at it though. I may have to rebuild the 2F. I am wanting to restore this truck later, so it's important to me to keep the engine original and rebuild it instead of replacing it.
Rear main seal leaks, rear diff has a leak, has a driver side lean, idle arm is toast and head gasket seems to have a slight oil drip, MAYBE. We suspect the 47k reading in the odometer is correct and not 145k. It could be 145k but with the condition of the truck and all the tell tell signs of the engine bay clips all being in place and not broken, we THINK it has 47k original miles. It even has the same Toyo tires when it came out of storage. Also, someone at some point have it a crappy Maaco type paint job but that had to have happened 30+ years ago.
I didn't buy the truck for its mechanical perfections because it has been sitting up for many years. I bought it for the potential for restoration. If anyone knows about PIGs, they have become very rare, especially one that isn't a rust bucket. I will post more pictures later when it gets here on Friday. So, help me name her. I may put a custom plate on her too.
His first sunrise
View from our hotel room
So, after learning all of this, I decided to take a father-son trip at a moments notice and we flew out to Denver. He has never flown before and was super excited when I woke him up at 4:30 am. Confused as to what was going on, but stoked. We are in the Chicago airport now for our last connection to Charleston and he's worn out. It's been a QUICK TRIP.
We arrived in CO, took it for a pre-purchase inspection, drove it and bought it this morning. Mechanically, the truck needs work. The compression worries me. Two at 90, two at 105 and two at 110. With compression that low it should have a hard time getting out of the way from itself. So I think there is a valve adjustment issue because the truck runs really strong. Redline Cruisers worked on the truck and he was surprised at the compression numbers. I am going to have Glenn take a look at it though. I may have to rebuild the 2F. I am wanting to restore this truck later, so it's important to me to keep the engine original and rebuild it instead of replacing it.
Rear main seal leaks, rear diff has a leak, has a driver side lean, idle arm is toast and head gasket seems to have a slight oil drip, MAYBE. We suspect the 47k reading in the odometer is correct and not 145k. It could be 145k but with the condition of the truck and all the tell tell signs of the engine bay clips all being in place and not broken, we THINK it has 47k original miles. It even has the same Toyo tires when it came out of storage. Also, someone at some point have it a crappy Maaco type paint job but that had to have happened 30+ years ago.
I didn't buy the truck for its mechanical perfections because it has been sitting up for many years. I bought it for the potential for restoration. If anyone knows about PIGs, they have become very rare, especially one that isn't a rust bucket. I will post more pictures later when it gets here on Friday. So, help me name her. I may put a custom plate on her too.
His first sunrise
View from our hotel room
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