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Old Mar 17, 2011
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Bye Bye Ranger hello new truck!

Well, I sold the ranger today. Long story short, traded my 89 ranger for a 98, sold the 98 for 2000$ and bought a Chevrolet 1500.

I love it so far, it has it's bugs and I'll need to fix it up but for now I'm in love. :D





Lifted 2" sitting on 35"s, 5.7L v8, 4x4 :D
 
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Old Mar 17, 2011
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Looks great! Hard to find a good 90s Chevy without serious rust damage.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011
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id love to have that truck lol
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011
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It's pretty awesome, couple things wrong with it though. Posi rear end is seized up, and we think it might be stuck in 4x4. Otherwise i like it.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011
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GET OFF THE SITE NOW!!! haha just messing with ya. aint to bad looking
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011
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Looks great! Hard to find a good 90s Chevy without serious rust damage.
That or absolutely no clear coat left.

That thing looks pretty nice. If you maintain that, it should rust apart before it stops running, those things are tanks.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011
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I wonder sometimes. It's acting up a bit.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011
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The engines last forever. The trucks themselves and everything, not so much.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2011
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Thanks for saying good bye.

Now that you have the Chebby I guess you won’t be needing this site any longer.

Enjoy the new truck, even if it isn’t a FORD !
 
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Old Mar 20, 2011
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Nice truck, bud! My only suggestion is to get rid of those bro tail lights. I don't know why, but I have never liked custom tail lights on any of the Chevy's/GMC's.

Nice to know I'm not the only Heavy Chevy owner here anymore, lol.

Check out GMtruckclub.com
 
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Old Mar 20, 2011
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I'm still a Ford fanboy. :D We still have a ranger sitting in the driveway. :D I'll keep you all posted on what we get done with tha one, too. :D
 
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Old Mar 26, 2011
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hey man real nice chevy. i been trying hard to find a 97-98 z71 like that in good shape but its hard out here lol
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011
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They're real cool looking. Mine's acting up a bit, but hoping after a nice tune-up it'll clear itself up. Got a small coolant leak somewhere, so I'll have to figure that out.

Also does NOT like starting in the morning, but if you can roll for a little bit and after sitting for like 10 mins she'll start. WTF? Bad connection somewhere. xD
 
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