Mods
Homemade deck, homemade exhaust stack, mild suspension lift with rear wireless airbag system, aftermarket lighting front and rear, Pyro/boost/ drive pressure gauges, HE351 CW swapped turbo with solenoid block offs, 2nd gen manifold, homemade intercooler piping. cheap heated seats pads installed in factory seats, ebasto coolant heater, wheels/tires, steering linkage from 09+ dodge setup with steering box frame brace
Build story
Needed a truck because I was building a house, getting married, and having a kid. Found one that had been off the road for a few years being used for plowing that had no start issues among many other things and traded a truck for it that also was off the road but I fixed up with brake lines, and etc to make for a more reliable plow truck. Got the cummins running, then started building the deck for the back as the truck was rotted out and there are no boxes in any kind of reasonable condition in the area. Use it for towing a lot so added the air bags, am in the bush a lot and deep snow so did the lift and tires. Also a family cruiser so did the heated seats, fixed the A/C, restuffed the front seats and put seat covers on to freshen her up some. Was a trash and dog storage facility so was fairly tore up inside. Exhaust was rotted off replaced with a stack for extra space under deck ( have air tank under deck) and ground clearance. Needed clutch, engine seals, tranny seals,transfer case seals, brake lines, box, inner and outer rockers and cab corners, shocks, along with some wiring problems so the whole truck has pretty much been worked over and been out/ apart except for the reliable 5.9 cummins which is currently at a very modest 325XXXkm