...after ass-err-taining that the 'Luuuuv' truck was in a half foot of mud with no visable sign of tranny, I 'scused myself and resumed combing CL. Two hrs. later, got a call from this guy on the other side of Puget Sound-an F-150 that had sounded promising!
Meet the guy in the Denny's lot and realize I'd just exchanged one CL tweak for another. Deep Sigh. '82 Fordpickemup with...also...a 300in Six.-carb'd and rebuilt 3g ago. Looking good...sep-whats all this tranny drippin'down thar undr' th' radiator, Mr. and Mrs. Tweaker??
A quart a week??!-----no budge on the price and the nice burned-out couple really have to BE somewhere (..and it doesn't look like Grandma's house for cookies!)..so I shell out 400 in cash into their black hole and take the legit Title paper and a truck that reminds me of my Stepdaughter in her freshman year at Western Wa. U.