How long has your truck been down?

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vettandtyphoon

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

so i'm the only one who's truck has been down more than 5 years. except for a truck that was pretty much engulfed in flames and needed a ground up restoration.... man i need help..lol
 
canadian

canadian

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

DaveP said:
I purchased my Syclone in February, 2000. Very bad fire-job, that had been 'started' by previous owner, but then abandoned. He was smart. I was stupid to buy it. No engine, lots of parts had not been obtained yet. Here it is in Florida, when I picked it up:
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did you buy that from jack wilburn? as for mine, it was last on the road back in 02... at least that's what the registration sticker says.
 
SY756

SY756

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

With the previous owner of my Ty it was down for about 5 years. I bought it and it's still in the garage after almost 2 years...so it's been down about 7 years total....Although, it has been around the block a couple of times so it's almost there. Just waiting on the funds and time to finish it up.
 
alwayscode390

alwayscode390

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

7 months, but because I got in a fender bender and it needs a radiator :( . I am just taking advantage of the time to keep the miles lower ;) ahhahah ---
 
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vettandtyphoon

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

so i guess i'm among a group of people who just like to talk about there truck and not drive them?
 
dalwine250

dalwine250

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

i think a lot of people take their trucks apart and lose all the bolts.lol
 
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vettandtyphoon

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

but y?. do i ask put yourself through all of this.. its like nothing ever gets accomplished. if its not on the road. ?
 
canadian

canadian

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

vettandtyphoon said:
but y?. do i ask put yourself through all of this.. its like nothing ever gets accomplished. if its not on the road. ?
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not sure how to read this response, but i think you're probably one of the last people that should be talking about not having a running/driving truck. how long was yours sitting at rockford racecraft getting nothing accomplished?
 
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MikeRenz

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

why do other people have to justify to you why their truck isn't roadworthy? Not everyone just pays a shop to work on it while they do other things. A lot of people around here when they are doing large mods, rebuilds, etc....its their first time doing such things and they have to learn everything as they go along. I know thats how a lot of it has been for me.

Some of us have their trucks many miles away and its not as simple to just walking out into the garage to work on their truck. My truck was 100miles away when i rebuilt the motor. I drove to it probably 2-3 of 4 weekends a month for a year...and ended up putting 38,000 miles on my car in only 14months between work and working on my truck. Thats not a lot of driving to everyone, but it is to me. There is no way i'd do that with gas prices the way they are.

In the last 2 years...i threw out my back picking up a 4l80e so i couldn't work on my truck for a little while. I dislocated my index finger making my one hand pretty useless for anything requiring strength. And my biggie was that I seperated my shoulder and had a screw in it...that made me inoperable for 3-4 months. That was this past April...and i still can't carry heavy things without some pain. This doesn't even compare to some of the injuries that other people have gone through on this board...just my sob story.

Some people just simply can't afford to fix their truck so it has to sit. Some people have things like families, divorces, medical expenses, houses, life things...that just take priority or engulfs spare money/time.

I love my truck...but i can tell you that i would much rather, at any given time, be playing soccer, golfing, playing tennis/racquetball, running, cycling, mountainbiking, gambling, tailgating, attending PSU football games, travelling to visit friends, racing, spending time w/ the g/f....i could go on and on....instead of sitting in a garage working on my truck. There is only so much time in the day, time on a weekend...to get much accomplished. I am far from making excuses for why my truck isn't together....but frankly i don't care that it is in shambles. I am happy to live an active/busy life...and if that means having a toy that doesn't work most of the time....so be it.
 
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Seti

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

Just got my Ty back at the house after being in storage since Dec 28 of 07. It's still sitting on the trailor as I type this. Had to drop in a new battery but after that she started up on the very first attempt.

Now I'm about ready to start modding.

S.
 
Mtn Z

Mtn Z

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

After some of these stories, I don't feel so bad. Mine has been down since May 2007. I had originally put it down to do the RPM coilovers, but then I started finding things that needed to be fixed. Ripped the diff out and resealed it, did the coilovers, replaced all joints and bushings, steering box. It all started adding up. I started going to school again about 2 weeks after I tore apart the truck, so there went some spare time. Like Mike said, it's not a main priority in my life. I have every intention of fixing it and making it what I want, but the timeframe has shifted. For the time being, I am perfectly satisfied with owning a truck that I always wanted even if I can't take it anywhere right now. :2cents:
 
GarnetTy1473

GarnetTy1473

Donating Member
Re: How long has your truck been down?

Over 3 and a half years now on mine. Hoping to get it painted this winter, and then start the engine rebuild in the spring. Hopefully have it back on the road by next summer. But I've been saying that for 3 and a half years now, so who knows.
 
mmvic

mmvic

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

Almost a year. There is not enough time in the day and when there is im relaxing. But if the economy keeps going down we will all have plenty of time to get out trucks on the road,lol.
 
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vettandtyphoon

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Re: How long has your truck been down?

calm down. i'm not judging anybody and i'm not asking for justification of why your truck is down.. all that i'm implying is that it would pretty much "suck" to have one of these vehicles and not have it on the road.

and you are right.. my truck was at rockford racecraft for 5 years.... and MAN did it SUCK. although i am sure that i'm not the only one who's truck has been up there that long as i seen several trucks that have last been plated in 99 or 2000 at that shop. its just too long for me.. if others can wait.. then wait. no biggy for me.. All i'm saying is that i could absolutly not take it anymore.

renz.. take it easy man. your gonna give yourself a heart attack.. don't let things bother you so much. i like to hear your side of the story though. its cool to see what other people have to go through to eventually get there stuff up and running.. and it makes it all more worth it when it is done :)
 
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