Thread: 95 F-350 Make Over

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This thread probably won't get updated again. My wife and I are working on getting things in order so we can buy our first house this spring. I did some major thinking and made a list of things I could sell to get some extra cash to pay some big bills down quickly. Well, I never thought I would have so much interest in this truck. It sold within 1 day of being listed on CL. I put the other bed I had for it on it, and some better tires with stock aluminum wheels, and it went down the road. So now I will be building my 76 K30 project for my daily driver. You can see part of it in post #24 above. I'll start a build thread on it once I get it in the shop and get going on it.

Congrats on the sale, Ryan, and good luck on the search for the house! Hope you find a place that already has shop space!

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One way to stop doing so many projects is to buy a home!

I hope your able to find one that meets all your family needs / wants.

Thanks guys! Yeah, we've found one, but we'll see how it goes. We have to get our taxes done and the return back before we make an offer. It is out in the country, has 2 acres, and there is a building that I can make into a shop. It also has 2 old barns. One of which is going to need leveled. Then we can use wood from it to fix up the better one. The only down fall is it will double my drive to work time. I'm good with it, but the wife is on the fence about that. We shall see. My brother just got his first house, and it took all of 2 1/2 months for them to get it done.

Good for you, owning your own real estate is the only way to fly Best part you can for the most control cost, monthly stays the same, and no waiting for things to be patched a landlord repair. Every penny you put in you will get back, either cost wise or confront wise.

A toast to you & yours :thumbs up here

Thanks Pepi! It looks like the house hunt is back on. My wife would like to stay closer to the Des Moines area for doctor appointments and our family is all near here. At least we have time.

Hope that the real estate market is not as seller driven in/near Des Moines as it is in the SW suburb areas of KC (Johnson County). Here many houses have offers within minutes of listing, and often two or three offers above the listing price. It's really hard for a first time buyer to compete here.

Anything with any kind of land around here doesn't last long at all. We may have to compromise with in a small town, but I'd really not like to start out that way........