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Thanks guys! I am in the vehicle market but I can't afford much. The "Blue Beast" as it is now seeming to be called will most likely be sold to help pay for some stuff for the 6.2, such as the possibility of a sweet Banks! It may not be going towards me (no good reason it should in a modest way)...

Well, I haven't done much to it besides the obvious engine pull... I'll admit, after calming down and taking a better look, the truck ain't worth me going after it but since my Grandpa has the engine now, it's looking like it might become someone else's opportunity or likely just a solid parts...

It's nice to see that there is continuing interest in this project! Sadly, I have not worked on the truck for various reasons and it will probably be a fair while until I get to again due to certain situations in life and my family (nothing to be concerned over! It's just that life's door for...

Thank you for sharing that awesome story rivcrazy! It sounds like you had a lot of fun and I imagine a gigantic smile across your face as you drove your car off! I also congratulate you on reading the entirety of what is now a 19 page thread :shock:... I hope that everything falls together as I...

I will definitely use what I can to win my Grandpa over on this and I have already won my Mom over as far as I know with the cost compared to a cl car. Our 96 Accord that we have cost 4k alone and that was a good deal.

It is possible for me to get engine parts, actually an entire engine, thanks to the offer that I have been mentioning recently. The only reason at this point why the engine is getting taken from is because I have not yet been successful in convincing my Grandpa to wait on parts until I find out...

I find it hard to word an appropriate response to this so I shall go with what I can do. I will do as much as I can to work on the truck but I have been reduced to Saturday for work days due to the lack of sunlight and lack of transportation (among other things). The last major hurdle besides my...

Currently, everything is on hold for lack of time, word on whether the truck will even be titleable (don't want to waste any money if it can't go), and the final say from my Grandpa. We have not had a chance to hook up sufficient battery power to start the truck again. If I do get the...

Thankfully, all of those things are within feet of the truck! (except a transmission...)

Thank you once again ODFever! It certainly helps to have a tremendously supportive family such as mine and such wonderful resources such as here!

It is awesome to hear about the experiences you have had with your son! It probably doesn't help the bank that the Deuce is what got me hooked on MV's in the first place and what I really want (no collection is complete without it!)!

Thank you for your comment topgun. For simplicity's sake, I intend to stay as stock as possible for now. Getting on the road and getting parts sourced is not a problem as I will not have my license until March and a fellow SS guy has offered me a wonderful deal for a complete engine to drive...

I guess I am quite lucky to have received so much help and attention... Well, on Monday, I got to work on the truck for a while with my Grandpa and the engine is checking out great so far! It does look like he will be using the engine for parts but thanks to a generous offer from a fellow SS...

Thank you for your comment as well as your encouragement! I hope that I can get this truck all fixed up and get it as my first vehicle!

The only things that I know of so far are that are missing are the transmission, the transfer case, and the drive shafts (including the stuff in between). There is a fellow SS member that has offered me a generous combo of all that and a mostly complete engine for an amazing price (and all still...

Yeah, I saw that thread as well. That's actually what helped me figure it out. Prior to reading it, I hadn't even known that such a thing existed.

Yeah, yeah :-)... If I'm going to swing my Grandpa, I have to help him. I guess we'll see how this ends up.

Well today I only got a few minutes on the truck but I found something out. When I was getting into the truck, I heard sloshing in the back and realized that the tank was practically full of diesel. On top of that, I realized that the stuff must be offload diesel! It makes a lot more sense then...

Thanks Warthog! My birthday is late March, so that is still a fair bit out.