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2nd day I had it. 2nd engine start:


After I cut the stacks off. Just the downpipe off the turbo.

 

I think it might have had the fenders resprayed and maybe that was all painted over. Some of the paint on the fenders and around the headlights is peeling and there was a slightly darker blue underneath that.

 

I'm adding some custom parts onto it as well, Martin. I posted pics of these brackets earlier in the thread. Guy down the street from where I'm working on the truck runs a CNC plasma cutting business on the side. Had him build me these rear cab mount brackets. Still haven't decided if I'm going to backlight them or not yet.

 

Not 100% sure on the exact model that axle is. Tag is missing. According to the wrecking yard I bought it from it was out of a 2000 Freightliner. The yard gave me the last 5 of the VIN from the truck it was from and another forum member determined it was likely a Rockwell RR-120-145. It does have an air operated axle lock.

 

I ran the VIN on it after I had it dragged home. It was repaired in 1984 from that tip over. I noticed there was a fibreglass repair above the driver's door when I gutted the interior so I always assumed it was from that. The guy I bought it from never said what year he bought it but from what I remember he said he parked it in 2004 for 2 years, then had it on the road for a couple months in 2006. After that it sat in his back yard until I got it in fall of 2014. He was the one who converted it from logging truck to a water tanker. I'm thinking he was likely the one who bought it after you traded it.

 

The last MVI sticker on the passenger window expired in mid 2006 if I recall.