Well, a project is no good without pics so here they are.
The stock rims and some bald tires are in the bed..The previous owner lived out in the sticks and had an uphill gravel road he had to get up with the truck so he put some cheap steel wheels and some off road tires on the back..lol...I do have the chrome wheel caps to go with the back wheels.
Has a nice diamond plate tool box in the back as well...The motor is nasty as it has an overheating issue and got rusty water sprayed all over everything.
Its getting a new radiator, cap and thermostat as ive already concluded the head gasket and water pump are fine.
The interior will clean up very nicely and the paints not perfect but its not a rust bucket and justs need a good detail to make it look pretty good....The pics show the truck as blue on my phone but it is the 97 ford green color.
I think I did well for $750.00 cash. 132k miles...Cold a/c and good heat....factory cd player...Just wish it came with the factory tach...Drove it home with no tag for about 6 miles.
will be taking care of the needs before I work on the WANTS.
Getting 4 new tires, radiator,cap,thermostat and a fresh tune up/oil change..a new oxygen sensor.. a new accessory belt and a new set of wiper blades then going to finish detailing it...Will post more pics when done.
Then comes the fun stuff...the air intake work and a thrush turbo muffler will be first.
Also plan to get an instrument panel with the factory tach and upgrade the sound system a bit.