Truck is back home

[Mean Gene]

We'll, we got my truck back together this week. We'll paint it later when it warms up, but until then I won't have any trouble finding it in a parking lot. :l Bright side is I'll fit right in up here. :l Body shop estimate was $14,100 to put it back together. Right now I'm sitting at $3925 in parts and labor, and that includes the mechanic replacing a leaking pinion seal and replacing the overhead console computer (which hadn't worked for 4 years). I'll eventually round up a camper shell for 5-$600, and after buying the paint to shoot the truck I'll have around $5000 into the fix up. Yeah, I know it will have a salvage title, but I don't care...I wasn't going to get rid of it in the first place and I sure as hell can't afford another car payment. Next step is the brake and lamp inspection on March 3rd, then the CHP inspection, then DMV to retitle. I appreciate the insurance company giving me a lot more money than I needed to complete the project. :tu


So far, from here:






To here:

[3legged_lab]

Nice! What'd it cost ya for the overhead console? Mine is out too but just haven't cared enough to replace it.

[Redbeard]

Looking sharp Gene! Love the black door. It's the opposite color scheme of our patrol cars

[Mean Gene]

Nice! What'd it cost ya for the overhead console? Mine is out too but just haven't cared enough to replace it.

The computer module was about $300.

[Bulldog0156]

I think you should just leave it like that.

[Tiler_J]

Hey Gene, are you in Yreka? That's still to fancy to fit in around Hornbrooke or Montague.

[Mean Gene]

Hey Gene, are you in Yreka? That's still to fancy to fit in around Hornbrooke or Montague.

Yep. If I go to Hornbrook they'll mistake it for a Lexis.

[Tiler_J]

Hey Gene, are you in Yreka? That's still to fancy to fit in around Hornbrooke or Montague.

Yep. If I go to Hornbrook they'll mistake it for a Lexis.

Haha! That's a rough little area there. I spent a few weeks up there a few years ago working on that big 3 story log home on the river. It's an interesting area.

[bill herian]

I hope you stop and hug that tree every time you drive by.

[Mean Gene]

I hope you stop and hug that tree every time you drive by.

That tree and the hand of God are the only reason I didn't end up in the river.

[grizz18]

They forgot to paint your door....

[hudson]

Is that a gas or the 7.3 powerstroke