Brownie Mobile
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- Mar 7, 2012
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- Location
- Williston, ND
- Vehicle Year
- 1985
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 5.0
- Transmission
- Manual
Note: this is a long thread probably boring mostly just a story questions at the end. About a year ago i let my "friend" borrow my B2 while i was working in North Dakota. I heard rumors he sold it yada yada cant get any answers out of him. Was just back on home time for a while and knew where my truck was. Went and acquired it. Couple days later this guy comes to my parents house where i parked it and wakes my family up asking who stole his truck. I didnt get to talk to him then but a couple days later he came by and offered me a few hundred bucks i let him take his battery and ushered him out the door. Heres what i found out happened to it. The rear drive shaft was broken trying to haul a full size truck out of a mud pit therefore was driven in fwd for a while. My sound system was stripped. The carpet was stripped. The torsion bars were in the back along with the bottom half of the rear seats. The ignition was broken and is now a screwdriver ignition. Also the passenger side window was broken with a huge dent to accompany it in the door. The radiator got some holes in it and was replaced(4.0 radiator though). Carb was rebuilt. Some various wiring things apparently caught fire in the engine compartment.... i also managed to find some pictures on facebook of my b2 with water past the doors. This thing has been through the ringer this past year 2 different apparently abusive "owners". My first thought was **** this guy and his few hundred dollars ill take it and scrap it for 200 and be happier. Then i realized i cant get rid of it this was my first vehicle it was good to me through high school and i had a lot of fond memories in this vehicle. My idea is to make this into a wheeler/daily driver. im going to save up some money working in ND and come back home to go to to school. This threads more for the story but i also want to ask some questions. I want to restore this thing to the condition it was before which means carpet trustworthy 4 seats dependable. what do you guys think this will cost for 1. Realiability and daily drivability factor just get it to the level necessary for a daily driver. and 2. cool and daily driver small lift tires garage paintjob. hope you enjoyed the story and can help me fix this thing to where i had it before.