My truck is back!

My truck - winter '09

We were able to pick up the truck from the shop in Jacksboro on Wednesday.  Of course, the steering column that I drove 150 miles for was the wrong part - it belonged to a 1996 truck.  Thank you very much Dallas County Auto Salvage in Grand Prairie on Macarthur!  Unfortunately, it probably wasn't incompetence, but rather dishonesty.  I will never do business with an unknown business again without a complete internet search first!  Actually, I did do a search, but they had changed their name.  Grr!

Luckily, my truck was at a new shop in town, Main Street Auto, and the mechanic there was resourceful (willing to rig), so he was able to fix it up without the part, after all.  Too bad he didn't mention that option before I drove to that forsaken salvage yard!

I may be silly to be sentimental about a truck, but I've had it since I was 16 (as many of my high school friends remember).  This December will make 17 years, so I've actually owned my truck for over half of my life!!  As long as I can find parts (or someone willing to rig something up), I don't see any reason to buy an expensive newer truck that will probably have lots of problems, anyway.

So, thank you, thank you, Main Street Auto, for repairing my good old truck for me!