DeuceNewb
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Hello everybody, my name is Mike, i'm a 21 year old college student in Wilmington North Carolina. I just bought my 2nd deuce this past weekend (although i had to sell my first a few months ago)
I've been checking out this site for some time and figured it was finally time i joined.
My first truck was a 1972 M35a2 that i bought in the beginning of the summer back when i was 20. It had the winch on the front, 66K miles and i thought it just looked sweet. I had always wanted one since i was a kid. Finally one came up near home and I bought it. I have to say, the first ride in it without the power steering got me in a tight spot trying to turn around. We had this for a few months before my dad made me sell it. Reasons were we knew nothing about diesels, this truck was soooo huge, and out first oil change cost us about $100, with the oil that came out being blacker than night and almost sludge like. After talking to the P.o. we learned that he never changed the oil in the year he had it, and looking online lead us to believe that 66K miles was a lot for one of these. The other reason was because i still owed my dad some money so what he wanted had to be followed.
Fast forward to this weekend, finally found another and convinced him to let me get it. After all, he is my landlord and i can't make him mad. I payed for this one myself and can't wait to enjoy it.
She's a 1972 m109 with 15K miles, 375hrs, recent repaint and released from camp lejune october 08. She makes my old one look crappy, and this one was less money. It's non turbo without a winch, but roads around here are all flat and there's a local guy thats removing his winch.
I plan to cruise around in this, drive it to school every now and then, and take it out on the beach to party in and camp in. I figure a kegerator and a bar will fit, and i can put a cot and a hammock in it as well. My dad wants to make it into more of an Rv type setup, but we'll see.
here is my first one and me
and my new one
I've got to get the oil and i guess fuel filters changed and then i'm good to go for some beach fun
and on that note, where is a good place online to get the filters at a good price?
I've been checking out this site for some time and figured it was finally time i joined.
My first truck was a 1972 M35a2 that i bought in the beginning of the summer back when i was 20. It had the winch on the front, 66K miles and i thought it just looked sweet. I had always wanted one since i was a kid. Finally one came up near home and I bought it. I have to say, the first ride in it without the power steering got me in a tight spot trying to turn around. We had this for a few months before my dad made me sell it. Reasons were we knew nothing about diesels, this truck was soooo huge, and out first oil change cost us about $100, with the oil that came out being blacker than night and almost sludge like. After talking to the P.o. we learned that he never changed the oil in the year he had it, and looking online lead us to believe that 66K miles was a lot for one of these. The other reason was because i still owed my dad some money so what he wanted had to be followed.
Fast forward to this weekend, finally found another and convinced him to let me get it. After all, he is my landlord and i can't make him mad. I payed for this one myself and can't wait to enjoy it.
She's a 1972 m109 with 15K miles, 375hrs, recent repaint and released from camp lejune october 08. She makes my old one look crappy, and this one was less money. It's non turbo without a winch, but roads around here are all flat and there's a local guy thats removing his winch.
I plan to cruise around in this, drive it to school every now and then, and take it out on the beach to party in and camp in. I figure a kegerator and a bar will fit, and i can put a cot and a hammock in it as well. My dad wants to make it into more of an Rv type setup, but we'll see.
here is my first one and me
and my new one
I've got to get the oil and i guess fuel filters changed and then i'm good to go for some beach fun
and on that note, where is a good place online to get the filters at a good price?
