Steam Power Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Well, actually just across the border in northwest New Mexico. But I still work in Colorado, and I grew up there. Just can't afford to live there anymore. Just bought a 1985 f-150 from a guy who had owned it since 1988. Mostly I needed a truck to haul trash to the dump and occasionally haul big stuff from the store... That sort of thing. I don't plan for it to be a daily driver or a committed "project".... But I do want to keep it going and fix some of the little stuff with it. And who knows? Maybe someday I'll catch the restoration bug. My name is Ian. I notice there's another new guy named Ian.... Hopefully nobody gets confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steam Power Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Forgot to mention, this isn't my first F-150... I had a 1991 shortbed for several years which was my favorite truck ever. But I had to get rid of it in a hurry, and I still regret it. But "Old Blue" (the previous owner's name for my new truck) already feels like family too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Welcome Ian! I sometimes refer to Dave G's 300 project as 'the Garbage Truck' 😁 Even though it's a beautiful reimagining of what a Flareside could be for him. I like to see that some of us can still look at an older pickup as a useful implement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Welcome Ian! http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/uploads/6/5/8/7/65879365/waving_orig.gif I sometimes refer to Dave G's 300 project as 'the Garbage Truck' 😁 Even though it's a beautiful reimagining of what a Flareside could be for him. I like to see that some of us can still look at an older pickup as a useful implement. Welcome Ian Yes I bought my 81 flare side to haul the weekly trash to the dump. Thing is as soon as I got it home and checked it out a little better I ripped it apart and did a cab off frame rebuild. From this To this in 4 years almost to the day and loaded with some trash LOL Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gary Lewis Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Welcome, Ian! Glad you joined. Love the name Ian. It is my favorite grandson's name. Come to think of it, he's my only grandson. Where in NW NM? Around Farmington? I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we can add you with a city or zip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steam Power Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 Welcome, Ian! Glad you joined. Love the name Ian. It is my favorite grandson's name. Come to think of it, he's my only grandson. Where in NW NM? Around Farmington? I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we can add you with a city or zip. Not in any town, I live way out in the tumbleweeds. But my mail comes from Aztec, so I guess you could stick the pin there. Or in Durango, that's where I work. Either or. It's funny, I think the whole time I was growing up I met just one other kid named Ian. Now the name is pretty common. Guess maybe it skipped a generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steam Power Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 Welcome Ian Yes I bought my 81 flare side to haul the weekly trash to the dump. Thing is as soon as I got it home and checked it out a little better I ripped it apart and did a cab off frame rebuild. From this To this in 4 years almost to the day and loaded with some trash LOL Dave ---- Wow, that's a real pretty truck. Looks like you put a lot of time, bread, and effort into it. I'm glad to see you still haul trash with it. Like a "useful implement" as Jim called it, and not a pampered princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Not in any town, I live way out in the tumbleweeds. But my mail comes from Aztec, so I guess you could stick the pin there. Or in Durango, that's where I work. Either or. It's funny, I think the whole time I was growing up I met just one other kid named Ian. Now the name is pretty common. Guess maybe it skipped a generation. Ok, you are on the map. And you appear to live very close to where they took us out on a float trip out of Durango. I know we crossed into NM as I saw the state line sign as they took us back in the van. But that was 25 years ago or so. About 1 1/2 years ago my wife and I stayed north of Durango in a B&B for a week. Road the train one day, shopped in town another day, rented a Jeep in Ouray, etc. Love that country. Have ridden the train probably 4 times, been back to Ouray with Big Blue last fall, etc. As for my Ian, he's half of a set of twins. His sister's name is Isla. Not sure why the kids picked those names, but they are pretty cool names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taskswap Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Ok, you are on the map. And you appear to live very close to where they took us out on a float trip out of Durango. I know we crossed into NM as I saw the state line sign as they took us back in the van. But that was 25 years ago or so. About 1 1/2 years ago my wife and I stayed north of Durango in a B&B for a week. Road the train one day, shopped in town another day, rented a Jeep in Ouray, etc. Love that country. Have ridden the train probably 4 times, been back to Ouray with Big Blue last fall, etc. As for my Ian, he's half of a set of twins. His sister's name is Isla. Not sure why the kids picked those names, but they are pretty cool names. Welcome from Lafayette! I have a buddy who hunts down near Durango so we're in the area about once a year. Maybe I'll find an excuse to drive Rocky down there some day. (Rocky is an '81 F-250 with the same red/white-stripe paint scheme you have but done totally ghetto, with rattle-cans. It's a hunt rig...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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