Please talk me out of this...

[BioTex]

I have a sweet running 88 S10 Blazer 4x4, but the body is trashed (no doors, no fenders, no tailgate). It has the small TBI V6 (2.8L I think it is).

I only use it to run around the ranch with, because no title.

I just found out I can get a 2Wd S800 with a 152 in it. No major rust. Wagon. No Title.
The rear axle looks to be a D44, but maybe a D30. (dark under there).
Only $100!


You know where I'm going with this...

I need help

The axle would be an upgrade for a friends 80, so I could sell it for maybe $40 and recoup some there. I have a 1/2 cab that I could put on also, and sell the sliding windows on the wagon top for $30 ish I would think.

I figure I'm 2 years behind on my current scouts, so what's another year matter? Help...

Someone give me $300 for the whole shebang so the wife doesn't poison me.

[bobn]

wrenching on junk cars/trucks beats drinking or casino gambling.....fwiw, bob

[Dennis Bernth]

Go for it, probably wouldn't be a bad swap, and for what you plan to use it for, you can learn a lot that you'll be able to apply on your 'keeper' projects. I give it a thumbs up....

[sergio chav]

O.K. here goes...I really think you have way too much on your hands and the significant other might not want to see another project in the yard,so i'm will to help you out with the S800 and promise to find a good place for it...
Sergio.

[Carl Wiese]

Look at it this way. You've got X amount of time and money. Having 2 projects means twice as long to complete both. Adding another one means you're now at 3 times as long to complete all of them.

[stroker3]

Depends on your age.

In your 20's you could possibly have time for 6 future projects. In your 30's five, 40's four,50's three, 60's two. When you reach the age of 70, the future project is, well,, yourself.

[BioTex]

Originally Posted by stroker3

Depends on your age.

In your 20's you could possibly have time for 6 future projects. In your 30's five, 40's four,50's three, 60's two. When you reach the age of 70, the future project is, well,, yourself.

What happened to "He who dies with the most toys wins"?

[stroker3]

Originally Posted by BioTex

What happened to "He who dies with the most toys wins"?

Kidding mostly but it's the time, space and energy left for FUTURE projects, not what you've already completed..........

[BioTex]

Originally Posted by Carl Wiese

Look at it this way. You've got X amount of time and money. Having 2 projects means twice as long to complete both. Adding another one means you're now at 3 times as long to complete all of them.

Carl, That is the weakest argument of talking me out of it!

I have 5 project cars at the moment. I'm a week or two from finishing the 62 S800. I'm a month away then from finishing the Willys truck. Then it is down to 3.

Three means I'm cured right?

The new addition would be 6, and then there is the IH farmall tractor I can have for $200 (back up to 7). Supposedly ran in the last year. Has hydraulic bucket and PTO... It's hopeless...

[jeff rotella]

Originally Posted by BioTex

What happened to "He who dies with the most toys wins"?

Only if it wasn't your toys that killed you.