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Thanks man! :cheers:

For sure dude! I was over in Albuquerque a couple times, Al Unser museum is pretty cool.

I got a job with Mountain States Constructors doing highway 285 just north of Roswell, we got laid off in November but we are supposed to be going back to finish highway 70 some time in the spring I herd.

Re: Irishmans 85 K1500 THanks dude, she's coming along well! Your pickup looks pretty sweet too.

Re: Irishmans 85 K1500 Haha did you shitheads follow me here? I thought I was being sneaky... In reality I might have been ahead of the game if I did save up and find something at least 10 years newer to drive. The truck was kept and fixed every time because I have no choice haha, my uncle...

Re: Irishmans 85 K1500 We have a summit racing distribution warehouse that doubles as a retail store, its kinda like toys-r-us but for adults. They had a scratch and dent sale so my wife and I went to check it out and I scored this..... I got it for half price, very good deal. Its a deal...

Re: Irishmans 85 K1500 I experimented with some pinstriping I found at Orileys. I did not like how eye catching it was so removed it, on that not it was alot of fun to install.

Re: Irishmans 85 K1500 Hey guys, not posting much lately... I guess I just dont like this forum as much:loser: Just kidding, I have been out of town down in New Mexico working and just recently got back to my place in Reno. I drove the 85 over 1200 miles down there, drove it around every day...

The thing you see on the thermostat is actually a sensor with the prongs broken off. I ran a super long vacuum hose to the vacuum advance for some reason, it pretty much loops around that whole side of the engine compartment. The problem I was talking about is no PCV valve, that big rubber...

Its all been just screwin around on weekends with bolt on parts just to get by until I can make shit how I want it. This thing has been a daily driver since I got it. Just a few weeks ago I got in this thing and drove it from Reno Nv all the way down to Roswell New Mexico for work. Now I am...

Sorry to everyone I did not respond to yet, once I start posting I cant stop but I will respond. For now I am going to get some sleep.

I got some trim pieces out of the wrecking yard, a new grill from rock auto and new bezels, as well as new signal lenses. While I was at it i got band new tail light lenses.

Im going to paint it right, this was just to get it one color without having to buy a big air compressor yet. I opted for some really shitty spraying rustoleam primer in a rattle can. We had some crazy as weather this last spring in Reno so I ended up trying to spray the truck in a wind storm...

With the shit talking I had to do something about the surface rust on the body. This was an under taking. my wife even sanded on it. little bit of body work, not getting carried away.

Favorite thing I have done to the truck so far, some 90's centerlines I got on craigslist for 100 bucks delivered to my door. After a shit load of polishing I got them shining. I was really into the shiny wheel with shitty truck look but no one else felt it. I thought it looked sweet...

Next project was the power steering, my steering box leaked and my wife drove my truck to school without power steering fluid and burned up the new pump. I was trying to order new pinion seals but ended up ordering an entire gasket set rebuild kit for the steering box. I put it all...

First decent size project I tackled was wheel bearings, I had a spanner nut come loose on the trip to Reno and it caused some funk inside the hub so I spent the 50 bucks and got all new shit. I also got an awesome deal on a parts washer so I started cleaning and painting everything I work on...

Random picture of my truck at my place in Reno.

Half the battle of owning an old truck like this is tackling the issues that drive you nuts, mine happen to be a dead spot under acceleration. For starters I found a Carter AFB on craigslist for 40 bucks and got a rebuild kit and adapter from the Summit Racing retail store in Sparks Nv. Third...

Once the truck was in Reno we ended up in another temporary apartment and I needed to get a different transmission so I would have something to drive for work on the other side of Nevada. I changed out an SM465 at night with a flashlight strapped to my head in this parking space. The...

I drove my 85 from Ruidoso Nm to Reno Nv like this, over 1k miles in the middle of the summer in 2010. First thing to go was my radiator, I put this bad boy in. The tires started exploding, it was on the bottom of the list of concerns about the truck since it was a new set I got with blue...

I finally got the truck to a spot I could work on it and found 3 broken pushrods on one side of the motor and they were all intake valves. The old gas tarnished so bad it caused the valves to stick and break the push rods. I developed a temporary fix for the stuck valves since I was using the...

Its got a 305 in it.

I stashed it at a co workers shop since I lived in an apartment at the time so I could try and get it road ready. I had big plans on changing oil, draining the tanks and squirting some marvels mystery oil into the cylinders. Instead we got really drunk and put a battery in it, poured some...

I got this truck for free from my uncle spring of 2010, he bought it off the show room floor in 85 and drove it until 95. It got parked in his yard for the next 15 years until I borrowed my Father in laws pickup and a buddy's trailer. I drove from Las Cruces New Mexico to Apache Junction Az and...