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   > I really want to do something with this truck.  Its to nice to throw   
   > away, but in the end I may just haul it to a salvage yard.   
   >   
      
   EV is on the back burner for now.  I've been trying to clear out my   
   folks commercial property for sale or lease, and that truck does have to   
   go, but there is a fellow nearby who rolled an almost identical truck   
   who might benefit from this one.  I'm not against doing it anyway, but   
   if I can sell it to somebody local to the property that saves me a half   
   day (half days are really whole days) hauling it to my place or to the   
   salvage yard.   
      
   In the mean time I hauled another truck away from the property.  A 2000   
   Ford Ranger with (I was told) a good 4.0L engine and a bad transmission,   
   except the transmission is completely missing.  I saw some connectors   
   hanging down, and looked underneath.  Yep the tranny is gone.  Atleast   
   the drive line was in the bed when I opened the camper doors to take a   
   look.  Also missing is the exhaust section with the catalytic converter,   
   which is, amazingly not that expensive when looked up on Rock Auto.  I   
   guess I'll look around to see if I can find the transmission, but I've   
   been through the property before.   
      
   Next time I run out that way I plan to change all the locks on the   
   gates, doors, shop, etc on the property.  I've got an insane bucket of   
   keys, and I am trying to eliminate most of them.  If I can put that   
   property on just one or two keys it won't make a dent, but it will help.   
     I need to replace the jam on one door, but it leads into a single room   
   that has a locked door between it and the main building. Well replace,   
   all the locks, but one on the front commercial glass door.  Its an   
   oddball.  I hope I can find the key for it, otherwise I'm going to have   
   to spend an afternoon watching videos from "The Lock Picking Lawyer.   
   Like many commercial locks it generally can't be removed from either   
   side when the door is closed.   
      
   Next vehicle to haul is probably the 42 Willys.  Its been sitting about   
   40 years when it got water in the transfer case if I recall correctly.   
   I think it has an original Willys engine so it might have some value,   
   but its got all the weathering of 40 years of sitting.   
      
   I did turn one thing back into cash.  The Ranger had a contractor work   
   cap on it that I originally used on my S10 pickup when I was using it as   
   my personal service vehicle.  When I sold the S10 I kept the cap and   
   gave it to my dad.  That old steel Gemtop shell still holds some value   
   over the aluminum most work caps are today.  I sold it after many years   
   of use for nearly what I paid for it back in 2002.  Of course it would   
   be three to four times that much to replace it new today.   
      
   The Ranger is in decent shape, but the driver's window was converted   
   from electric to manual, or manual to electric.  The passenger side has   
   buttons, but no crank, but a cover for a crank hole...  The driver's   
   side has both buttons and crank.  The paint is "crunchy" like a bubbling   
   clear coat or something, and there is a bullet hole in the passenger   
   side rear door.  I may wind up hauling that one to the junk yard.  I   
   don't see it being worth making drive-able again for myself, and they   
   don't tend to sell for enough to be worth making it into a runner to   
   sell.  Maybe an alternative for an EV conversion.  LOL.  Lighter, but   
   then not as much suspension to handle batteries.  Nah, probably not.  On   
   a positive note.  No body cancer.   
      
      
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