UPDATE:
ford ranger project truck has a new owner! i couldnt sell it for what i wanted ($200) so i traded it for a 2 subs, kenwood amp,2 speakers and a sub box,and a cd player. i coulda traded just my rims for that stuff, but i got sick of watching the truck sit. but any way the guy who got it is going to build it up, he has the same truck, just going to swap motors.so at least ill see it on the road again sometime. kid was all excited to trade some sounds for a lifted motor less truck. i bet his dad thought i was stupid, he had a grin on his face as he was putting the tires and rims in the back of the truck. i said " oh yeah , i know those are real alcoa rims everyone wants.. im just sick of the truck sitting and dont want the rims taking up space"
his dad was shocked to see his son get an awesome truck, better that his actually. went to the dmv, and we got the title transfered in to the kids name. ive seen parents do that , take vehicles they get like that, my mom did that to me 3 times.
the fun thing is, im gonna take off some time from playing with my toys , to help this kid get his new toy going. (he's 15)
he has a 86 ranger, so we'll just pull his motor and trans and drop it in there.itll go after that . another thing is, he thinks the truck dont have interior.. it dont at the moment, but in storage i got full interior i made for the truck on my spare time over the last few months. i got a camoflauged dash board (covered with that mossy oak material and foam under it) got a set of used engine gauges in the dash,door panels are covered with the same material.i have all the plastic molding covered in the same stuff too, and then i got spares that i painted flat camo black, and 2 leather bucket seats.also got a complete a/c system i stole from a newer truck that i was gonna mod in to it. i was gonna keep all that crap, in case i got another truck,or sell it. but im stuck on my dodge ram and a new incoming old v8 s10, and id never be able to sell it for a decent price.
ill have fun helping the kid get the truck together, and just to see some one appreciate some thing. tell you what though, his dad is gonna want his truck when its done!
i just remember how things where when i was kid, id always hope for stupid little things like that, get some one elses junk.
i thought to myself, im never gonna miss this truck, its only gonna sit and never get done.so i let the kid trade me some sounds for it and boy is he gonna be a happy camper! hopefully itll get started this week end, ill take pics.
as for my old red v8 s10, its still sitting, might be getting parted out or sold as whole,or might fix it, i do have a frame lined up for it , but its a short bed frame. also my ram charger is a work in progress , reverse just quit working, so not for sure on whats up with it yet. also found a 86 v8 s10 with a 350/350. not running , i gotta put the headers on,put on a carb and adjust the timing. thing is old, was converted to v8 back in 87, been sitting since 1990. so this is gonna a fun old start cold start!! motor aint froze, all electrics work, brakes are stuck though. guy is asking a very little price for it , the cost of brand new headers. they took the headers back in 90, so he just bought a brand new set a month ago and a edelbrock carb, so the price for both of them , im getting them and the whole truck. has a cam already, roller rockers,center line convos wich i hate, ill use the ones one the red s10. has an old grant steering wheel, B&M rachet shifter,OLD aftermarket gauges , the usual 4:11 rear end,nice rusted chrome edelbrock valve covers and intake is a nasty white and grey color now. good deal for $1000, only catch is , it has the rear s10 rust spot where the cab wall meets the floor, and half the truck is a girly candy purple color with primered front end!! if the guy can hold it long enough , ill get it. just gotta get through the week first
as for my rc projects, i got 2 of 4 cox bandidos from gary put together,some kind of funky black foot frog thing i made,and started working on my old tamiya hornet.other than that im trying to learn about that cb ham radio stuff, trying to figure out what all i need, gonna try and find some equiptment and set it up in my ram charger. my dad is crazy about radios and stuff like that, so i figured id give it a shot, seems cool any way.
in a few days il upload some current pics of my ram charger. another thing thats in the air is, the guy who took my old s10 4x4, couldnt sell it, the guy who was supposed to buy it saw my adds for the truck being stolen, so he flaked out. well that guy wants my old red v8 s10, so m trying to get him to take my "v8 s10 pile as a trade for my old s10 4x4.only thing is,he has to fix my vin tags,and make that crap look like it was never screwed with. but they got them pop rivets at body shops and he has some , so hopefully i can get my old pride and joy back. i have no idea when we'd do the trade. the original motor is not running in that thing yet, and the windshield still needs put in, and the wiring done. if i can get that s10 4x4 back, i wont get that other s10 v8, or ill just sell my ram charger. gotta think about it though.
any one have one of them old square body s10? every one ive seen so far, has a push button 2 start it, turn the key and push a button. EVERY square body s10 ive seen here in hawaii is like that.