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Welcome TJ!
 Sounds more like an archeology expedition than a vehicle purchase.  You've got the basics covered as your sig shows, and if Gary thinks it's solid and serviceable enough to purchase it should serve well.
Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake. Too much other stuff to mention. |
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Welcome, TJ! Sure glad you joined.
 And glad you bought that Bullnose. We talked to your wife yesterday and she seems happy that you did as well. Said you were thrilled to be able to put the lawn mower in the back and go tend to the church yard. And I'm sure it'll be useful in your other projects. However, whomever coached you on your signature didn't quite 'splain things very well. The C6 is a 3 speed auto. Very old-school, with no overdrive and no lockup on the torque converter. Tough as a boot but fairly inefficient. Works well for a car or a light truck, but the heavier you go the more slippage and heat the torque converter has - all of which was once gasoline. Anyway, hope to get a care package off to you when we get home. Lots of parts that'll help put things right. But we've already started putting things right. Placing the wire back on the oil pressure sending unit fixed that, and adding a screw to the air cleaner secured the snorkel. 
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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Gary likes to say «We aren't a big forum, but we are family.» Looks like he could not have put it better!  Welcome!
Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022. Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel. |
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Yep, we are FAMILY.
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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Are we going to see some Lil'Blue picts soon?
BTW, isn't it curious that Gary coached you to buy a blue Bullnose? 
Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022. Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel. |
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Well, "coached" might be the wrong word. "Aided and abetted" might be closer to the truth.
TJ had already spotted the truck on FB Marketplace when we got there two weeks ago. A conversation about transportation ensued since his wife starts her new nursing job in about 3 weeks and the 2001 Subie had blown another head gasket. So he asked what I thought about the truck, and after a bit of investigation I said it was worth a look-see. We went to see it and it appeared to be sound mechanically but needing attention to a bunch of details. However, many of those details I can help with from things I've acquired, so I'm in the process of filling a box, henceforth known as the "care package", with bits and pieces like door weatherstripping, PEX tubing pieces, rear view mirror, shop manuals, glove box liner (the plastic one), HVAC control, etc, etc, etc. (Actually it'll be two boxes since the shop manuals can go via Media Mail.) As for pics, I think I'll let TJ post them as he's been cleaning the truck up a bunch and my pics are prior to that. But, I will post one pic that he doesn't have - the care package at this point, with a lot more to be added: 
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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Having such a Father-in-Law is very cool! 
Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022. Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel. |
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