Day Brown wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
 RJ> The cab and bed still need to be stripped and primed,  the motor needs 
 RJ> to be installed,  and I plan to replace just about every 
 RJ> rubber part that's on the truck at this point in time,  
 RJ> suspension and brakes,  mostly.  The thing had been painted 
 RJ> somewhere along the line,  but they didn't do a real good job 
 RJ> of it,  slapping a coat of primer over the original finish but 
 RJ> not otherwise preparing things,  and it shows.
 DB> Too bad; better sand it down to the original paint/primer or it 
 DB> will likely bubble/chip off later.
It's already starting to peel off...
I expect to take quite a bit of paint off it before I'm done.
 RJ> I figure that when I'm done I'll have a few hundred invested 
 RJ> in it,  although the tires I'm going to need are going to run 
 RJ> me about a hundred each.  Altogether less than a thousand,  and 
 RJ> I'll have a good reliable vehicle with a 3/4 ton suspension on 
 RJ> it.  A heck of a lot cheaper than the $20,000 plus you'd need 
 RJ> to spend on a new truck these days. 
 RJ> No,  it ain't 4WD,  but that's okay,  it'll be enough truck for 
 RJ> me for the next several years or so.
 DB> 17.5 tires? 
No,  16.5.  You were close,  anyhow.  My other truck (a '77 Ford full-size) 
uses 15 inch tires,  the same size as what's on my car!
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
--- 
---------------