Re: "Old" pickups....

["Dave n Deb Stoppkotte" <davndeb@farmwagon.com>]

Amen to old p/u's.  I am trading my 89 for my son's 79 GMC 3/4 ton dually
just to haul my trailer/horses with.  Both have the same engine but I wanted
his heavy duty truck "stuff" for hauling and he wants our "lighter" trucker
for driving.  He thinks it will get better gas mileage  (LOL).
Debi in Illinois

----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Musick <janm_97@yahoo.com>
To: <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 2:25 PM
Subject: RC: "Old" pickups....


> These messages are getting a chuckle out of me....
>
> I just sent my 73 (not a TYPO!) Ford 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup down to my son in
Boise
> to have a new 390 motor put in it.  *giggle*  Is it cost effective to do
this?
> Well, I can tell you that every single month that I drive my Ford pickup
is
> saving me a huge truck payment on a NEW truck, not to mention big
insurance
> bills, and paranoia in parking lots, and I have a vehicle that even I can
work
> on.  I have had this truck for ten years, and plan to have it as long as
I'm
> pulling a horse trailer.  (Those of you in states where you can't drive
older
> vehicles because of emissions stuff...sorry.)
>
> With the price of new pickups, I don't think you can say it's not
> cost-effective to work on an older vehicle.  A much bigger problem is
finding a
> mechanic you can trust....my mechanic is one I bred, but if you don't have
28
> or 29 years to do the same (raise your own, that is), good luck!
>
> Also, on motors, the 390 will give you the towing power and is much
cheaper to
> work on than the 460's and similar...according to my mechanic.
>
> (Good mechanics are extremely difficult to find....if I had back every
dime
> I've wasted in my life on bad mechanics, I could go down and by a new
Dodge!)
>
> =====
> Jan Musick
> http://www.geocities.com/janm_97/
>
> Work like you don't need the money.
> Love like you've never been hurt, and
> Dance like nobody's watching.
>
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