Yeah, another thread dedicated to a beater work truck. Thanks for the inspiration Clay!
Sadly, I don't own anything exciting at the moment, so I really have nothing better to talk about than my '89 Chevy K1500 pickup. But I love this thing, and I plan on keeping it for a long time. I typically don't hold on to vehicles for very long, but I really don't see this truck going away anytime soon.
I bought this truck about a year ago. I used to be a field supervisor for a local flooring company and drove ~200 miles a day, so I owned S10's since I needed a truck but wanted something decent on gas. After I left that job, I decided I didn't give a shit about MPG's anymore, and wanted to look for an older GM fullsize pickup. Due to the rising prices of the squarebody trucks, I figured I would look for a GMT400 instead. My criteria was pretty simple: V8, 4wd, stick shift. I had a '97 K1500 at one point with the Vortec 350 and NV3500. It was a great truck.....
I didn't really need anything "nice" since I basically just wanted a beater truck to do truck stuff. I came across a craigslist ad for a truck for sale near Indian Lake, and knew I had to have it! So here it is, in all it's glory.....
It's a 350 TBI, it's a 4x4, and it's a stick (SM465). Hell yeah! And it only had 78k miles on it. Perfect! Apparently the truck was owned by the Village of Forest (just a bit south of Findlay) since new. They traded it to a contractor as a form of payment for a concrete job. The concrete guy planned on giving the truck to his son, but apparently his son wanted something with an automatic. So, he put it on craigslist, and I pounced on it a day later.
As you see in the pics, it looked a bit rough around the edges. I don't think it had been cleaned in years. It badly needed tires, and the wheels looked awful. The exhaust has a leak and sounds like hell. The bottom of the fenders are rusted, the cab corners are rusted, and there's a bit of rust on the bed. The rubber floor had a hole in it where they let a bunch of mud/water get in, which destroyed the floor pan on the driver's side. It's extremely thin to the point that there are small holes forming. Not good.
On the bright side, it runs and drives great! And luckily the frame is solid.