Holy Grail Truck
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Spencinator
Adventurer
Are you finally joining the dark side??? :ylsmoke:
huntsonora
Explorer
You did it! Cannot wait for this!
redthies
Renaissance Redneck
Hey Drummond, Spencinator! How's the 12"s of snow treating you? We had that last week. Twice! Happy spring!
As for the truck, I guess I suck at keeping secrets. I'm still kinda giddy about the whole deal. I was looking at 24v autos, as that is what one sees for sale in my cash sale price range. Found a few good ones, but was still on the fence.
I took a deposit on my F350 today from a super nice guy who is planning to drive it home to Chile! A trip I always wanted to do. At least my truck will get to do it!
But I digress... I was taking a shot in the dark look at Craigslist and I saw it... '98 12v 3500 Quadcab with NV4500. 180,000 miles. New head from Cummins, ATS exhaust manifold, BD exhaust brake, #10 fuel plate, 3000 gsk, pyro and boost gauges, A1 head studs, bhaf, BD steering brace, 300 miles on 255/85 Toyo M55s. The list goes on and on! It's owned by a millwright who works in the ski industry like me, and has done most of this work in the last 1000 miles. I would normally be suspicious, but he only works about 2 miles from his house, so the truck rarely gets driven, and he has $75,000 worth of new 3500 Cummins sitting beside it in the driveway. (Yup, a new QCSB 3500 Laramie is $75,000 arctic pesos!)
I am hoping to pick it up on saturday and get started doing a bit of tidying up. It has a flat deck that I will replace with a regular box, and a few other bolt on items that really gotta go. Once I have it in my driveway I'll post up some more pics.
As for the truck, I guess I suck at keeping secrets. I'm still kinda giddy about the whole deal. I was looking at 24v autos, as that is what one sees for sale in my cash sale price range. Found a few good ones, but was still on the fence.
I took a deposit on my F350 today from a super nice guy who is planning to drive it home to Chile! A trip I always wanted to do. At least my truck will get to do it!
But I digress... I was taking a shot in the dark look at Craigslist and I saw it... '98 12v 3500 Quadcab with NV4500. 180,000 miles. New head from Cummins, ATS exhaust manifold, BD exhaust brake, #10 fuel plate, 3000 gsk, pyro and boost gauges, A1 head studs, bhaf, BD steering brace, 300 miles on 255/85 Toyo M55s. The list goes on and on! It's owned by a millwright who works in the ski industry like me, and has done most of this work in the last 1000 miles. I would normally be suspicious, but he only works about 2 miles from his house, so the truck rarely gets driven, and he has $75,000 worth of new 3500 Cummins sitting beside it in the driveway. (Yup, a new QCSB 3500 Laramie is $75,000 arctic pesos!)
I am hoping to pick it up on saturday and get started doing a bit of tidying up. It has a flat deck that I will replace with a regular box, and a few other bolt on items that really gotta go. Once I have it in my driveway I'll post up some more pics.
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huntsonora
Explorer
Yep! That's the one! Congrats bud, cannot wait to see the pictures!
my1stcummins
Adventurer
That sounds like a wicked truck, I can't wait to see more photos. We should get a WA/BC expo planned.
Regcabguy
Oil eater.
SCORE!!! Especially the manual!!
24HOURSOFNEVADA
Expedition Leader
$75k for a new Dodge...
Congrats on your "New" one. Lets see some more pics.
Congrats on your "New" one. Lets see some more pics.
