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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cooly’s_Revenge, post: 11638747, member: 324699&quot;]Career change in mind and a friend leaving the same place of work for the trucking industry led to the start of this extraction and start of a rebuild.&nbsp; A few weeks of searching led to this discovery.&nbsp; A one owner 1989 T800 in a very undescriptive Facebook ad.&nbsp; After calling and talking to the seller I to get as much detail as I could I made the 2 hour trip to take a closer look.&nbsp; The sellers were the son (Chad) and wife (Yvonne) of the original owner who had passed in 2016.&nbsp; The truck had been tied up with estate issues and after arriving I found out it hadn’t been registered for 20 years, and the truck had been in the exact same location for those 20 years.&nbsp;&nbsp; The wife was my initial contact outside of a phone call to the son. I gave the truck a good look over for an hour then went and talked with Yvonne for a little bit. We struck something of a deal, but told me I needed to deal with Chad because she trusted what he said and his decisions. </p><p><br /></p><p>A ton of phone calls and talking with a few friends I decided to pull the trigger on this truck.&nbsp; 5 hours of messing around trying to get air in tires and the truck running proved futile.&nbsp; The truck wouldn’t run but the tires were good enough to drag out, and get to the flatbed.&nbsp; The best part of those terrible 5 hours was working shoulder to shoulder with Chad and hearing all the stories and memories of his dad and this truck. Turns out Chad, who is only a few years older than me, took his license test and drove this truck for a few years as well. He remembers when his dad, Francis, bought the truck and brought it home. </p><p><br /></p><p>Work has progressed well so far.&nbsp; The 3406B came to life on its own tonight for the first time in 20 some years without the use of ether.&nbsp; The truck is in very good shape considering the age.&nbsp; But, with only 400,388 miles that’s somewhat to be expected.&nbsp; She’ll be gutted, painted, loved and get tons of attention in the next few weeks.&nbsp; Hopefully this old girl will be on the road by thanksgiving time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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