Hey Jay, you dug yourself a deep hole on your first post (purists reference).
Now you just fell in it with your latest post (sanctimonious snobs reference).
You need to put the shovel down and start hollering for someone to throw you a rope to help you get out.
I don't know Skyler Nelson, nor you, nor anyone from Gateway, but I do know a turd when I see one and that truck will not take a polish either.
We are all brothers in here, and brothers take care of brothers (including young Skyler). To suggest that this particular truck is worth more than $3,000 as is, should be considered as malicious misfeasance.
I have built and worked on these AD trucks from as-built, to full-on hot rod and everything in between. (So I guess that I am a sanctimonious purist snob hotrodding gearhead. That's OK by me. I have been called worse than that earlier this morning.)
This truck is a hot wet mess.
Carl


1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission