Got the truck when I was 15 (17 years ago) with 188,000 miles on it . Got into 3 fender benders with it in the first 4 years of owning it. Blew the original 4.3L up. Decided I was going to redo the truck , so I had a 355 built for it . Striped the whole truck and re did as much as I could for not having much cash at the time. So about 15 years of owning it I finally got it pretty close to the way I want it