dusted72
Thanks Hemiroid!!!!
Ok I know there is a truck forum but there is far less traffic then there is here. So with that said here is my plan. As some of you know my best friend in the entire world was KIA in Afgahnistan on the 1st of September. I went to Dover Delaware to receive his remains on the 3rd and I then escorted him from Dover down to Arlington National Cemetary last Sunday. We buried him on Tuesday and I literally left a huge portion of myself in DC with him. My life is very much incomplete now and this has altered my life in a huge way. So now on to the thread title. We had been friends for about 5 years and did everything together. We have had numerous conversations about how we would build his old truck together and now I will be doing it by myself. His wife and parents have told me they want me to have his truck as they know how much he meant to me and how much we wanted to build the truck together. So what I am going to do is build it just as we had discussed. Here is the truck as it sits right now. As soon as we get paperwork sorted and all of the legal stuff taken care of I will bring it to my place. It's an 88 half ton 4wd 318 auto truck for now. Once I get the truck transfered over to my name I will be contacting some of the major offroad companies to see what they can offer to maybe help out with the build. We have talked about a few engine builds for it. First one was build the 318 and possibly stroke it. The second was a new Hemi swap and the third was a diesel swap with the 318/diesel being the top choice. We could never make up our minds on it but I think the diesel swap would be awesome along with 3/4 axles. So it would be a 3/4 ton short bed regular cab diesel 4wd and definitely a manual shift. For the color it will either be flat black or the original New Mexico forresty department Green that is on the inside. So what do you guys think?