Faults:

I just rebuilt the engine for the second time (read general comments).

The frame rail cracked because I installed stupidly large tires.

General Comments:

I bought this truck in high school and drove the odometer up to 140,000 miles. The rings were worn so I rebuilt the motor, then sold it a year later when I got married because my wife hated it.

A year ago (25 years later) I found it for sale on a corner with 230,000 miles on it. It had been through 4 owners since I owned it the first time. The engine was tired so I just finished the second rebuilt on the old slant six.

I'm tickled to have my first truck back, and even more tickled to be without my first wife.

It's a big, old, rattly truck. It gets decent gas mileage, and has always been a dependable workhorse.

Faults:

- Starter solenoid

- "Park" on transmission

- Oil sending unit

- Rusted floorboards

- Carburettor

- Radio

- Wooden bed slats rotted

- Myriad electrical gremlins

- Speedo/odo never worked

General Comments:

I had this truck when I turned 16. I bought it for $600 and drove it until the gas prices ate me alive. It got a whopping 6-8 miles/US gallon, and gas prices in my area were $1.50/gallon at the time. My girlfriend was embarrassed to be seen in it, it was a particularly putrid shade of green.

I traded it for an '80 Datsun 310GX (Sunny) that got 35mpg.