So what are my plans for the car? I want to make a (fare weather) daily driver out of it, and I do mean DAILY! My commute is about 70 round trip, so it will need to ride nice and have enough power and gearing to handle highway speeds, and still be somewhat economical to drive.

Enter my totalled 1999 Silverado. A month after dragging all the bits and pieces of the car home, I was on my way to work at 4am. I was in the passing lane and saw a car coming up quickly behind me, so I moved to the center lane. Just as I got the truck settled into it's new path, the car began to pass me on the left, easily going 15-20mph faster than me. He lost control and slammed into my driver side rear wheel, effectively pit manuevering​ and sending us both down I-5 backwards. We both ended up in the median, stopped by the 3 cables separating north and south bound lane's. The passenger side was completely wiped out and the truck was considered a total loss. The accident itself wasn't exactly enjoyable, and it did a real number on my back that I will probably be dealing with for the rest of my life. But, if there is a silver lining to every unfortunate event, the silver lining to this one is I got a free donar vehicle out of it. How is it free, you ask? I bought the truck from a family friend for $4k, drove it for 2 years and put about 30k miles on it. When the insurance totalled it out, they gave me $6500 for it and wanted $1k to buy it back, so I'm still up $1500 in this deal.

So the car will have 5.3l/4L60e engine/tranny combo, front suspension is Mustang 2 that's already been installed, and I'm currently looking for a Ford Explorer 8.8 disc brake rearend to finish out the drivetrain. I plan on running parallel leafs for suspension out back, but I do have a triangulated 4 link kit that I have considered using if I can find the right coilovers at a reasonable price, though I don't think it will be necessary to achieve the desired ride quality.

For paint, I'm leaning towards a metallic ruby red, with whitewalls and steel wheels with chrome caps and rings to finish out the look.