How I ended up here...

Not how I ended up on DB, but how did a little thing like me end up with a big diesel. I used to think diesels were an elite group that I could never belong to. I had the elite part right

I've been a big fan of trucks since I was a kid. My parents said that when I was 8 or 9, I informed them that my first truck was going to be a Ranger XLT, although I know I had no idea what the XLT was for, but it probably sounded good at the time. Sure enough, when it came time to ditch the parental units' hand-me-down Subaru station wagon, this is what I bought:


'94 Ranger XLT 2wd 2.3L. Mud spots optional. Oh, I called him "Sandrock" - I was a HUGE Gundam Wing fan at the time I bought him. Then I fell out of the fandom, but the name stuck. And, no, I don't watch anime - that was a very brief stint.

Five years of running around in that tiny 4 cylinder pickup, I started dreaming of an upgrade. Which led to Lucy, an '06 1500 with the V8 Magnum:

(I really don't spend much time on the pavement)

Then I moved from "sunny" California to Arizona, where I walked out the door at work one day, and Lucy had been liberated from her parking space. This had not been the first break-in - the Ranger has that one topped (that's another story), so I didn't panic, but I was heart-broken. I had Lucy for 8 months, 25k miles. Uh, yeah...I did 1k the first two days I owned that truck, and it didn't really stop from there.

I sold Lucy to the insurance company after waiting the prerequisite 30 days, then started looking for the next truck. An ad from a used dealer touting a 2000 QCSB Ram 2500 came up, so I checked it out. They got the bed size wrong and sold it to me for the price of a gasser, not a diesel. Nice to know the dealer knew what they had...


This one's Delilah, my current ride. I also had an '82 Bronco (no good pics of her, unfortunately) who I sold in January to pay for major front end repairs on this truck. My vehicles are notorious for things going wrong (except Lucy), and this truck has been no exception.

Current things on my fix-it list:
interior lights
license plate lights
back-up lights (sometimes they work)
fog lamp (just one)
breather tube extension
heater core
clutch (dreaming of SBC)
CD player (wiring issues with the new one)
CB radio mount

Current goodies:
K&N
Commander
XZT+
Walbro

And, of course, I have a shopping list of upgrades, but those'll wait til I get the above taken care of first. Some of the goodies are 6" miter stacks, air horn, maybe re-gear her rear, injectors, etc...my goal is 400 hp...for now...