Hi all,
New member from TN here and looking to join the truck crowd soon! Little back story... Ive been around old Mopars my whole life, dad still has his first car (72 Scamp), so I’m not new to Mopars but new to this platform. Between dad and myself we have several old Mopars. Nothing really special or worth a lot of money but all drivers and a world of fun for the two of us! We really don’t need anything else as this time in life is incredibly busy for me (I’m 37 married with 3 kiddos!!!) but of all the things we’ve accumulated over the years together, we have no pickups... So I started searching some time back for a short bed pickup to set up as a shop truck. It didn’t take long to get bitten by the sweptline bug... I’ve been searching for 6 months or so and came close to buying some D150’s but just never have followed through on anything. Down deep I really want a sweptside... Then a few weeks ago I ran across a short bed in Los Angeles, CA and made a phone call. What started off as a not so serious inquire has escalated into a possible purchase 1600 miles away... We have never bought anything we couldn’t drive home, so... we are looking at taking what we’re calling “An Adventure” to LA to see if we can buy an old pickup, give it a good going over, and spending a few days driving back east to NW TN!!! Our only problem is this gentleman has no shop for us to go over the truck... Is there anyone that could direct me to a shop in LA that would allow us to spend a little time in and under an old truck so we can attempt this?! I have videos of the truck starting, running, driving, and going through the gears but I would want to change all the fluids, possibly replace all the rubber lines/belts/hoses, and inspect the brakes. Any help is greatly appreciated!! I will see if I can upload some pics of some of the old cars. I know how we all like pics... Thanks again everyone!!
New member from TN here and looking to join the truck crowd soon! Little back story... Ive been around old Mopars my whole life, dad still has his first car (72 Scamp), so I’m not new to Mopars but new to this platform. Between dad and myself we have several old Mopars. Nothing really special or worth a lot of money but all drivers and a world of fun for the two of us! We really don’t need anything else as this time in life is incredibly busy for me (I’m 37 married with 3 kiddos!!!) but of all the things we’ve accumulated over the years together, we have no pickups... So I started searching some time back for a short bed pickup to set up as a shop truck. It didn’t take long to get bitten by the sweptline bug... I’ve been searching for 6 months or so and came close to buying some D150’s but just never have followed through on anything. Down deep I really want a sweptside... Then a few weeks ago I ran across a short bed in Los Angeles, CA and made a phone call. What started off as a not so serious inquire has escalated into a possible purchase 1600 miles away... We have never bought anything we couldn’t drive home, so... we are looking at taking what we’re calling “An Adventure” to LA to see if we can buy an old pickup, give it a good going over, and spending a few days driving back east to NW TN!!! Our only problem is this gentleman has no shop for us to go over the truck... Is there anyone that could direct me to a shop in LA that would allow us to spend a little time in and under an old truck so we can attempt this?! I have videos of the truck starting, running, driving, and going through the gears but I would want to change all the fluids, possibly replace all the rubber lines/belts/hoses, and inspect the brakes. Any help is greatly appreciated!! I will see if I can upload some pics of some of the old cars. I know how we all like pics... Thanks again everyone!!
