Tee weird part about this is the truck is how I sold it to him 18 years ago. Tailgate still in the bed area I swapped out along with the seats from a ramcharger. Even the spare change I left in the center console is still there.
I bought it from my friend who had a tow yard, probaly around Y2K time. I helped him out at the yard alot and he knew I liked mopars and really dirt poor, so he offered it to me for $600! Drove it everywhere, had a blast. Never went wheeling with it though. Enjoyed getting 22mpg in it. Around 2003, truck was needing a lot of TLC I couldn't afford. Then add a bad leg that had been dislocated 3 times (two of those injuries happening 15 minutes apart), so climbing up into the engine compartment was not a fun thing. Another good friend said it was too expensive to fix it and his repair shop was the cheapest around, so I decided it was time to sell. I put it for sale at Mopar Alley car show, where my friend and his daughter seen it was for sale. Apparently she wanted it or going to college as a commute car. Two days later, they were at my house, ready to buy. I tried to back out of the deal. I told his wife that the car needed LOTS of work. It drank gas. I even told her at one point that a meteorite was going to leave orbit and smash right into it (the look on her face was interesting
). My buddy knew I was trying to ack pedal and told his wife he knew what it needed mechanically and could fix it. Bought on the spot and drove away. Felt sad it was gone, never got to go wheeling in it. Kept in tough with him over the years, never brought it up as I was still bummed it was gone. I have bought 4 others much more condition than this, but they weren't the same. I wanted another one soo bad, but clean examples were hard if not expensive to find.
Six weeks ago, I was sending out messages that the Covid cootie's has messed this years car show (again) and sending info to all my buddies via text to let them know what was going on. My friends thanks me and casually put in his reply text 'Hey, I'm selling your old Trailduster. You know anyone whom might be interested?". Like a episode of Scooby Doo I call him up asap and said 'heythereshaggy' your selling the Trailduster? I didn't know you still had it'.
to be continued. . . . . . . . .
