Mike Rust

Feb 15, 2019

Submitted by Mike Rust

Mike Rust. We are the second owners but this is identical to our original that we bought in 1985. We bought this truck 2 years ago. It has 160,000 original miles & came from CA.
It has a Big Cam 3 – 400 horse variable mechanical timing motor, 13 speed transmission.

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