My wife and I live in Anchorage and we were talking about buying a truck but we didn't want an ordinary truck just like everybody else. I was looking at the Alaska Craigslist and found our Syclone listed for sale. Needless to say we bought it (my wife's birthday present to me) back in late August.
The body and interior are in excellent shape with only 54,900 miles on the odometer. The motor had some serious issues and is in the process of being replaced. I found a new "91 crate motor & tranny on craigslist in Palmdale California and had it shipped up. It's being installed right now and should be back in running condition by the end of next week. We are putting it back to original showroom condition. Even though the existing tranny was ok I am having the new tranny installed with the new motor. The front driveshaft is being replaced as well.
Since I am putting the truck back in stock form I traded my raised hood for a stock hood with another local Sy owner and I took off the fancy side view mirrors and put the originals back on after cleaning them up and repainting them. The interior is all original except for the stereo which an aftermarket Sony unit. I do want to install a truck bed tonneau cover and a remote start for those cold mornings. Our garage is filled up with our classic cars.
We am looking forward to being part of the SyTy family! I was going to post a couple of photos but I couldn't find a way to do that. The insert image didn't seem to work.
-Dave
The body and interior are in excellent shape with only 54,900 miles on the odometer. The motor had some serious issues and is in the process of being replaced. I found a new "91 crate motor & tranny on craigslist in Palmdale California and had it shipped up. It's being installed right now and should be back in running condition by the end of next week. We are putting it back to original showroom condition. Even though the existing tranny was ok I am having the new tranny installed with the new motor. The front driveshaft is being replaced as well.
Since I am putting the truck back in stock form I traded my raised hood for a stock hood with another local Sy owner and I took off the fancy side view mirrors and put the originals back on after cleaning them up and repainting them. The interior is all original except for the stereo which an aftermarket Sony unit. I do want to install a truck bed tonneau cover and a remote start for those cold mornings. Our garage is filled up with our classic cars.
We am looking forward to being part of the SyTy family! I was going to post a couple of photos but I couldn't find a way to do that. The insert image didn't seem to work.
-Dave
Sy #2227 is back on the road and running fantastic in stock form. The new motor and tranny are working great. Took it for a drive with the wife last night to Eagle River (a town about 10 miles from here) and it ran flawlessly. Bumped it up one time to 80 which took no time at all. It's great to have it back!
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