I purchased this truck in 2008 to serve as a work truck around the house.  It is a pretty basic truck, but that is one of the reasons I like it so much.  It does need a lot of work (the pictures make it look better than it really is), but I will tackle those things as time and funds allow.  Below are some pictures and brief descriptions of some of the changes I have already made.  I will update this page as additional changes are made.

Photos taken the day I brought it home.  The truck is powered by a 250 inline six, backed by a th350 transmission and 12 bolt differential.  Only real options are the chrome bumper/bumper guards, rear step bumper, power steering/brakes, AM radio, and front sway bar.  The truck was purchased from a used car lot, and has had a lot of work done to it at some point in time...unfortunately most of it is horribly done, and with the options tag missing from the glove box, it is really hard to tell what is original and what isn't.  Obviously it has incorrect 79-80 headlight bezels on it, a newer bed and tailgate, and aftermarket wheels.  What you can't see in the pictures are the patched floors and rockers, pieced together interior, bondo riddled body, and poor paintjob.  You might be asking why purchase a truck in such rough shape...well, the price was right and I have enough spare parts here to make it nice with minimal out of pocket expense.  It does run and drive nice, but the transmission needs some attention...hoping nothing a filter and fluid change won't fix.

Replaced the 79-80 headlight bezels with 73-78 units, and swapped out the front grill assembly for an earlier 73-74 version...my personal favorite front end.

Installed the Tekstyle bed cover I had laying around from Yeller, and had some vinyl stickers made for the back window.

Replaced the factory step bumper with a sport bumper.  I had both front and rear bumper brackets powder coated.  I don't have a picture of it, but the tweaked front bumper was replaced with a nicer one, with the bumper guards being eliminated at that time.

Removed the ugly (to me) aftermarket "wagon wheels" and balding/dry rotted tires, and replaced them with powder coated 88-98 Rally wheels, stock chrome center caps/lug covers, and Firestone tires.

I really like the look of lowered trucks, so I went ahead and dropped this one too.  Front drop consist of Western Chassis 2.5 spindles and 1.5 coils cut from the stock springs, rear drop is a Western Chassis flip kit...total drop is approximately 5/6.  Both leafs springs were replaced (broken eyelet on one), and all new ball joints and tie rod ends were installed, and Doetsch Tech shocks can be found on all four corners.  I also swapped the rusty hood with a cleaner/nicer one.

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