Thanks for the advice. I do like the 87. I spent all day working on her and she's really coming around. I should have clarified in my original post...I spent all last weekend Rhino-lining the rear section. Today, I pulled the front seats out and the vinyl. There was a bit of surface rust here and there...especially around the drain hole in the center in front of the rear seat. Not really bad though. I took lots of pictures but it looks much worse in them than it really is. I sanded it down, sprayed two coats of Rust Oleum "Stops Rust" Primer on it and three coats of the Truck Bed Coating (Rhino Line type). It looks great.
Her engine runs great except for an issue with it just cutting off when driving....even on the interstate. Strange needle-in-a-haystack problem. I've had two mechanics look at it...Friday one of them drove it to lunch and a couple more times but could not duplicate. A big-truck (Tractor) mechanic friend told me today to replace the solenoid. I really don't see how this would cause it, but the one on there now look a bit warn and for $22 it couldn't hurt so I picked one up and will install tomorrow.
I was only considering the '93 because 1)APPEARS to be a good price 2) I always liked the grill/front a little better personally on the 93 and up 3) V-8. 4) Has power options. As it stands now I may buy the 93 anyway but I have fell a bit in love with the 87 and don't want to part with her. Plus, I've never completed a project like this before and I'm learning a lot of restoration. I feel a great sense of accomplishment and pride. I'll post before/after pics soon. Now...if I could just get it to stop cutting off on me.....
Her engine runs great except for an issue with it just cutting off when driving....even on the interstate. Strange needle-in-a-haystack problem. I've had two mechanics look at it...Friday one of them drove it to lunch and a couple more times but could not duplicate. A big-truck (Tractor) mechanic friend told me today to replace the solenoid. I really don't see how this would cause it, but the one on there now look a bit warn and for $22 it couldn't hurt so I picked one up and will install tomorrow.
I was only considering the '93 because 1)APPEARS to be a good price 2) I always liked the grill/front a little better personally on the 93 and up 3) V-8. 4) Has power options. As it stands now I may buy the 93 anyway but I have fell a bit in love with the 87 and don't want to part with her. Plus, I've never completed a project like this before and I'm learning a lot of restoration. I feel a great sense of accomplishment and pride. I'll post before/after pics soon. Now...if I could just get it to stop cutting off on me.....