I start this after my truck's first batch of "major" work, as I figured that it was fitting. I bought Midnight back in January of 2008 for $1500, and boy was she a find. A diamond in the rough, the truck was in damn near immaculate condition for her age and location. She only had 97,000 miles on her, and she had/has no body rust. That is amazing, considering she is a Jersey shore truck, and our salty/watery/near-the-ocean air loves to rust metal.
Midnight and I started our 'relationship' rather relaxed, being nothing more than a to school, from school, to work, from work vehicle and myself having virtually NO mechanical knowledge. It was only after a few months that I started to entertain the idea of off roading with her. My first...