Looks like a solid truck to start with. Good grab. You probably already know this, but that odometer is on it’s second trip around.
I had one of those when I was a kid. I bought it when my parent weren’t looking. I remember my Dad’s words like yesterday. “What the hell is THAT?” I hadn’t driven it 4 miles before the transmission seized up hard. Because I was just 16 when I bought it, the sale was quite illegal. The guy should have made sure a parent was co-signing the bill of sale. I ended up having to go to court to get my money back. Between dad and I, we got first gear to work, and I drove it back to the guy I bought it off and parked it behind his car. I didn’t dare shift it on the way back because we had tried that before and had a heck of a time getting the trani unstuck again. The original owner wasn’t too happy to have it back, and was super rude. I’m sure he was super unhappy too, because as he was yelling at my dad, I hopped back into the cab and shifted the transmission for him.
